Media relations generally involve five media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television and online. This course discusses those activities that involve working directly with persons responsible for the editorial (news and features), public service and sponsored programming products of mass media. It discusses media handling theories used in the field of public relations, the advantages of publicity, planning publicity campaign, understanding the media, press interviews, managing a crisis, media evaluation – enabling students to appreciate the relevance of theory to everyday life and in the work place.
