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Is PR an art or a science ?

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Question added by Samir Ibrahim Belasy , Public Relations TS , KOC Secondment - Public Relations
Date Posted: 2017/04/30
Syed Ali
by Syed Ali , Assistant to the Director , Hi-Tech Services

PR is more of a science as you can measure the outcomes and results in numerical terms. If the PR is doing fine then the business will be able to carry out the operations more smoothly and if there are hurdles that means PR needs to do better.

Noreen Zafar
by Noreen Zafar , Homeroom Teacher , Al-Hukamma International School

It is a combination of both. Pursuing a professional relation with employees and clients ia an ART while using different methods for business internal and external analysis is a science.

Muhammad Farhan Elahi
by Muhammad Farhan Elahi , Sales Executive , JUMA Al Majid Group

Marketing is an art because you have to convince other people and create loyalty in their minds.

Tayyab munir
by Tayyab munir , TERRITORY MANAGER , GETZ PHARMA

Its combination of both. New techniques, analysis, endevours needed.

Sherif Goher
by Sherif Goher , President & C.E.O , Global Health Care

Both , but when you applied a system used before , you well decrease the lost of time and build on the previous experience. 

It depends on the way you pursue

public relations is the art and social science of analyzing trends, predicting their consequences, counselling organization's leaders

Jacqueline Avila
by Jacqueline Avila , Store In Charge , harman house llc

Marketing is Art because Marketing is about creating a demand for your product.

Yurie Oquendo
by Yurie Oquendo , Marketing Coordinator , IBM Renting Information System & Computer Services

Understanding the science behind the art is absolutely central to building effective and successful communication campaigns.

Gaynor Musika
by Gaynor Musika , Marketing Assistant , Inter African Marketing

PR is an art that is followed by passion

Huma Potrick
by Huma Potrick , Sr Customer Service Agent , Serco Pvt Ltd

Edward Bernays, one of the first and most prolific writers about public relations, was a strong proponent of the notion that public relations should be considered a science. More specifically, he called it “an applied social science” and equated it with other applied sciences in his landmark book The Engineering of Consent and many other publications. This is a view that’s been controversial from the very beginning. It prompted mixed responses when it was first proposed, and continues to draw mixed reviews today.  Public relations cannot and does not use some scientific and statistical techniques, or that its outcomes are totally unpredictable. Public relations is becoming more knowledge-based, more measurable, but it will always have to deal with the unpredictability and contrariness of human nature that will forever keep it from being totally predictable. Since it deals with people and the interactions and relationships they have with one another, public relations cannot be an exact science. Its practice can be an art. It will continue to have rules and guidelines, tried and true techniques, and standards of excellence, but they will never be fully codified. Nor will human intuition and feelings ever be totally eliminated from its practice. But, the more sophisticated, more experienced, and more human its practitioners become, the more artistic, elegant, and effective its practice will be.

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