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Public Relations
7 articlesCORPORATE COMMUNICATION AND CORPORATE PUBLIC RELATIONS: DISTINCTIONS, POINTS OF CONVERGENCE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
Zoran Tomić’s New Definition of Public Relations: A Theoretical Framework and Elaboration
Damage Control
How to Contain a Crisis Before the Organisation Makes the Damage Worse
UNIVERSITY PR: Why Harvard, Oxford, and MIT Invest Millions in Communication
Prof. Zoran Tomić, PhD Meaning Management Theory in Public Relations Substack www.zorantomic.com
LUXURY PR: WHY LUXURY DOES NOT SELL PRODUCTS—IT SELLS STATUS
Fashion PR: Why Fashion Does Not Sell Clothes—It Sells Meaning
PR 4.0
3 articlesPR 4.0 – THE FUTURE OF PR LIES NOT IN INFORMATION, BUT IN MEANING
We Have Never Had More Information. Why, then, do we have less and less shared understanding?
PR 4.0: SEVEN THESES OF THE NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS PARADIGM
From the management of information and relationships to the strategic and ethical management of meaning
A PARADIGM SHIFT IN PUBLIC RELATIONS
Media
2 articlesPolitical Management
3 articlesPUBLIC DIPLOMACY PR: FROM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TO MEANING MANAGEMENT
Why the Future of Public Diplomacy Will Be Determined Not by the Amount of Information States Disseminate, but by the Meanings In
The Strategy of Asymmetric Influence for Small States
How Can You Prevail When You Cannot Be Stronger?
Who Is Pecking at You?
Politics still operates according to the same logic as a chicken coop – only the beaks are more sophisticated, and the wounds are often invisible.
Sports Communication
2 articlesLeadership
2 articlesIntelligent Communication
7 articlesThe Intelligent Communication Model: From Understanding Yourself to Responsible Action
"The road to simplicity is long." Ivo Andrić, 1961 Nobel Laureate in Literature
Intelligent Communication 2: Never More Communication, Never Less Understanding Intelligent Communication in a World of Message Abundance
The greatest paradox of the contemporary age is not that we have too few opportunities to communicate, but that, despite the abundance of messages, we still have too little understanding.
WHAT IS INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?
Author of Foundations of Interpersonal Communication and The Art of Communication
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT: INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION
How to Understand People, Build Trust, and Manage Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Leadership
Intelligent Listening – The Highest Form of Intelligent Communication
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Crisis Communication
3 articlesZERO CONTENT SPEECH
In public discourse, people often mistakenly equate the number of words spoken with the amount of information conveyed.
MURPHY'S LAW, ORGANISATIONAL CRISES, AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Organisational crises arise when stakeholders' fundamental expectations, the organisation's regular operations, or its legitimacy are threatened.
Velcro Effect
Why Reputational Damage “Sticks” to an Organisation in Crisis Communication
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5 articlesGODS, MYTHS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Communication, Power, and Responsibility from Greek Mythology to the Digital Age
HYBRID INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
We sit at the same table, yet the conversation no longer belongs only to the people seated there. A message from someone miles away, a social media post, or an answer generated by artificial intelligence can become part of our encounter within seconds. The quality of this communication depends on how we bring digital content into the conversation and how available we remain to one another.
NARCISSUS HAS AN OFFICIAL PROFILE
Greek Mythology and the Contradictions of Contemporary Public Relations
TEMU AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF TEMPTATION
How Aggressive Digital Marketing Turns Browsing into Buying