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Public relations is the management function that identifies, establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships between an organization and various publics on whom its success or failure depends” (Cutlip, Center, Broom). Wikipedia defines public relations as the art and science of building relationships between an organization and its key publics (Wikipedia.com). The Public Relations Society of America formally adopted a definition of public relations which has become most accepted and widely used: "Public relations helps an organization and its publics adapt mutually to each other." In this definition, the essential functions of research, planning, communications dialogue and evaluation are implied. Key words are "organization" rather than the limiting implication of "company" or "business", and "publics" which recognizes that all organizations have multiple publics from which they must earn consent and support. My definition is that public relations is the function......

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