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What future do you see for public relations?

Posted by Joseph Thornley on December 23rd, 2009

Hello Public Relations industry. Remember December 2009. That was the month that Google tells us that social media and social networking overtook public relations in the zeitgeist.

For the first time ever, searches for social media and social networking matched searches for public relations. December 2009.

Tell me again, where does the future of public relations lie?

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20 Responses to “What future do you see for public relations?”

  1. davefleet

    Wow. Check out the graph in this post: http://bit.ly/6FmTJ6 – @thornley asks us: where do you think the future of PR lies?

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  2. michaelsantoro

    RT @davefleet: Wow. Check out the graph in this post: http://bit.ly/6FmTJ6 – @thornley asks us: where do you think the future of PR lies?

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  3. AnnaKDeLeo

    RT @davefleet: Wow. Check out the graph in this post: http://bit.ly/6FmTJ6 – @thornley asks us: where do you think the future of PR lies?

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  4. sallyfalkow

    RT @davefleet: Wow. Check out the graph in this post: http://bit.ly/6FmTJ6 – @thornley asks us: where do you think the future of PR lies?

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  5. fusedlogic

    What future do you see for PR? http://bit.ly/6AtMaj Social media & social networking overtake PR in the Zeitgeist. (v @thornley)

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  6. Steveology

    What future do you see for public relations? http://ow.ly/P1do

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  7. belindaang

    What future do you see for public relations? ~ http://bit.ly/7rFVNE

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  8. MauriceQuek

    RT @belindaang: What future do you see for public relations? ~ http://bit.ly/7rFVNE

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  9. MsLenahK

    RT @belindaang: What future do you see for public relations? ~ http://bit.ly/7rFVNE

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  10. ricecomms

    RT @inrsoul: RT @belindaang: What future do you see for public relations? http://bit.ly/7uQksI

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  11. MsLenahK

    RT @belindaang What future do you see for public relations? ~ http://bit.ly/7rFVNE >>must say if ey put it like that it looks more worrisome

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  12. ameliachen

    RT @davefleet: Wow. Check out the graph in this post: http://bit.ly/6FmTJ6

    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

  13. PR Trends in 2010: The Future of PR | Online PR technology trends | Sally Falkow | The Leading Edge

    [...] Joseph Thornly posted this graph from Google Tremnds that shows searches for public relations have been declining since 2004.  Interest in social media and social networking started to pick up in 2006, grew slowly  through 2007 and 2008 and really gained ground in 2009.  In December 2009 searches for social media and social networking passed the number of searches for public relations.   [...]

  14. draganvaragic

    What future do you see for public relations? http://bit.ly/7BzXFG

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  15. PR Trends in 2010: The Future of PR | Social Media Strategy | Online PR | Proactive Report | Sally Falkow

    [...] and use it strategically to be effective. Nothing backs up  predictions like cold, hard facts. Joseph Thornly posted this graph from Google Trends that shows searches for public relations have been declining [...]

  16. Top 10 Most Popular Social Media and Marketing Articles Tweeted in December 2009 « Steve Farnsworth's Digital Marketing Mercenary

    [...] 6.) What Future Do You See For Public Relations? [...]

  17. swonderlin

    What Future Do You See For Public Relations? http://ow.ly/S9EL

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  18. TheBestOfSteve

    What future do you see for public relations? http://ow.ly/UPHN

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  19. Social Media isn’t replacing PR; it’s the future of it | Ben Foster | @benphoster

    [...] Joseph Thornly did a quick google trends query to see how people are searching for terms I’m interested in on the web. No surprise….PR is no equal with Social Media and Social Networking. [...]

  20. Bill

    I think your research is skewed. You might want to compare social media with “PR” and not “Public Relations.” PR is the more often searched term.

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