Blog Reviews

Instead of a new topic, this week my goal is to examine other classmates' blogs and how they relate to PR aspects within the fitness and supplement industry in which I have investigated.  As I have been reading other classmates' blogs it is very interesting to understand the aspects of public relations in each industry and how they are very similar to my topic. 

The first blog I examined was Charlie Niland's blog, entitled "cniland's blog".  This blog was very appealing to me because I have a high interest in pharmaceudical marketing and one day will possibly pursue a career in that field.  I also found this blog to be very interesting because it was from a first-hand experience as Charlie was an intern at a medical marketing firm this past summer.  I found his posts on research and ethics to be very fascinating as he said while working at this internship he had to conduct research where he would occasionally find falsified identities.  It was also interesting to read about the continuous ethical debate on stem cell research and regenerate medicine.  This is a field where I would like to gain more knowledge and sense of the PR and marketing incorporated in the industry.

The second blog I decided to review was Lindsey Hock's blog, entitled "Lindsey's Blog".  Like Charlie's, this blog was also from a first-hand experience as Lindsey was an intern at NBC30 this past summer.  While reading this blog, it was fascinating to realize how much PR research goes into the broadcast of shows and events on NBC30.  For example, Lindsey goes in-depth about the Olympics being aired on NBC30  and all of the hard work and research that goes into having this worldwide event aired.  Her blog also brought up many intriguing points regarding ethics within the station.  Lindsey described the tv show, "Dateline", as crossing the line, for the sake of good television.  In a specific example, a sex offender took his own life after witnessing himself on the show, making it unbearable for him to live with himself.  This case brought up a major question of ethics regarding "how far is too far?".  It portrays the network as in some ways getting caught up in good entertainment television.

After reading many blogs and commenting on a couple, I have come to the realization that all industries, in a way, are the same.  Research and ethics have very similar characteristics within each industry you look at. In my opinion, all industries heavily rely on the PR research that is done, and have ethical problems where the difference between "right and wrong" is blurred.  It was very interesting to read others' blogs and notice how similar each industry is to each other.