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The world of marketing and advertising has changed. A lot. Over the past 20 years we’ve seen the arrival of the internet and social media. Those two platforms alone have transformed an industry that relied so heavily on the big four — TV, Radio, Outdoor and Print. How marketing and branding professionals work with their...
WKU’s Advertising program has launched its next community outreach project. This semester, students from a senior-level, advertising capstone class, are working with WKYU PBS-NPR to develop an integrated communications plan to increase community awareness of the stations. The ultimate goal of the project is to increase membership and underwriting revenues for both operations. According to...
A number of commercial and non-profit organizations have approached the Ad+PR programs over the years to collaborate with them as in-class assignments. Very informal. While academic competitions, like the NSAC, will continue to play a role in the program, opportunities to apply our ideas and talents to real-world problems has become a priority. The media...
Dr. Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture and other books about the impact of digital technology on our society, will be on campus on Wednesday, September 28th compliments of the School of Journalism & Broadcasting. Dr. Jenkins will cover a broad range of topics including civic media and the use of digital technology in the...
One of the core missions of the School of Journalism & Broadcasting at Western Kentucky University is to prepare our majors for the “real world.” Our Ad+PR classes provide the foundation, but the real application of concepts happens outside the classroom. Bridging that gap is challenging. The Ad+PR Professional Advisory Committee or PAC is comprised...
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