PR efforts are most often associated with private companies or organizations. However, the need to craft an image and message is especially important for governments. In this week’s news, governments across the world have utilized public relations to address public concerns.
Some economists are comparing China’s flailing stock market with the U.S. market just before the 1929 Black Friday crash. The Chinese government has since launched what it is terming a “patriotic fight.” Chinese leaders are attempting to maintain the faith, patriotism and hope of their people despite the stock scare.
In Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plans to leverage his own popularity to resolve a crippling, years-long debt crisis. Tsipras is attempting to balance the competing desires of western European nations like Germany who advocate continued austerity and fiscal restraint with his own political party, Syriza. Tsipras points to a recent popular vote refusing a mandate by the European Union as proof that the Greek people have faith in him to broker a resolution.
After crashes in the computer systems of the New York Stock Exchange, United Airlines and The Wall Street Journal, U.S. homeland security chief Jeh Johnson has assured Americans and corporations that domestic cyber security is still strong. Despite his pronouncement, homeland security officials still face corporations that are skittish about U.S. cyber-security measures.
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Seamus Roddy is an intern at WordWrite Communications. You can find him on Twitter @SeamusRoddy or email seamus.roddy@wordwritepr.com
