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We've all heard the idea that we may get our 15 minutes of fame,
and now with places like youtube it's becoming true. What I'm also
seeing though is that a lot of the time people who become famous
aren't becoming famous for something good, but rather something
they've done that made it on camera
that they would prefer to
live
down. While I don't know if any research has been done on the
after
affects of having something embarrassing you did shared with half
the world I'm sure there are some.
Since we all may someday encounter 15 minutes of worldwide
disgrace, then we all need access to low-budget public relations
and
image management firms.
When someone is embarrassed of a video for example came out
tagged "john smith really loves his cake" the firm could create
competing videos that could be put up. with similar tag lines
The could either be boring (to reduce spreading) or really
interesting, to redirect attention to the persons positive qualities.
Or perhaps a photo/rumor is spread about a person. As you know
from hearing about celebrities, the first rumor is always the most
interesting, but when you hear 30 in one month, you not only stop
caring, but you realize that you don't know the truth and probably
never will.
So then if an embarassing photo or story of your loved one ever
popped up, the publicity management firm could flood the
internet
with benign but untrue facts, on numerous websites so people
would
have trouble determining fact from fiction.
Wikipedia: Public Relations
http://en.wikipedia...ki/Public_relations
I wonder who manages PR for the PR industry. Oh...nevermind. [sninctown, Jan 04 2009]
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I would love to hear suggestions on a better title for this
idea. |
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the title seems good to me |
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//the publicity management firm could flood the internet with benign but untrue facts, on numerous websites so people would have trouble determining fact from fiction// I am concerned that this is already done by those with more money, for the detriment of everyone else. |
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I like the personal-public-relations concept, but I think a lying-based technique is somewhat unethical. From the Wikipedia article: //Because public relations places exposure in credible third-party outlets, it offers a third-party legitimacy that advertising does not have.// A //flood the Internet// approach cannot deliver legitimacy. Also, in my experience, I find that honesty, combined with interesting living, is really the best policy. |
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Perhaps you are right, Sninc, perhaps dishonesty is the
wrong way to go about this, and while we may not beable to
information, i think its horribly that it is stored forever and
can be recalled so easily. I think we need to devise artful
ways to apply spin or framing on things information that has
been put on the web. |
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This seems like a good idea. You would have to have a really
good social media monitoring tool and measurement system
to see if the efforts of the personal PR firm is working. It
gets a vote from me. |
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I imagine this happens a lot now that "personal branding" (the idea of developing a brand and applying it to all of your work) is all the rage. |
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//i think its horribly that it is stored forever and can be recalled so easily// |
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It's not something to be corrected. Alas, it's just the way things work these days. Personally I can't get used to it, but I hope the next generation can and still be diverse in their characters and abilities. |
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//it offers a third-party legitimacy that advertising does not have. A 'flood the Internet' approach cannot deliver legitimacy. Also, in my experience, I find that honesty, combined with interesting living, is really the best policy.// |
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But that's just it, media is the third party legitimacy even if it's just the video clip bible YouTube. That is your personal PR agency right there, with lowest common denominator filtering. Making yourself 'interesting' is just asking to become a media darling resulting in a change of career or the 'I want to be alone' syndrome. |
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Culture will adapt so that people just become media savvy at an earlier age, and people will also get used to the fact that dirt on anyone is just a search away - global village, global gossip (recorded for posterity). |
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Do not ask for whom the trolls bellow, they troll for thee. |
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I wonder if there is insurance for this sort of thing? |
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