Profile of public relations practitioners in Poland: Research results

Authors

  • Dariusz Tworzydło University of Warsaw
  • Przemysław Szuba Exacto sp. z o. o.
  • Norbert Życzyński COMMIT POLAND sp. z o. o.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.12.3(24).5

Keywords:

PR specialist, public relations, task areas, professional work, research, public relations agencies

Abstract

The article is a summary of three quantitative research projects carried out in the years 2017–2018 taking into account a set of analogous questions. Their collective aggregation allows the attempt to present the profile of a Polish PR specialist with the indication of the main activities undertaken while performing daily professional duties. The research has shown that media relations and e-PR play a key role in everyday professional work. Nevertheless, a PR specialist in Poland has to deal with many task areas, which are often related to the dynamic development of new technologies, such as relations with influencers. In the analyses, the key diagnostic element was the measurement of professional experience and information regarding employment aspects. Respondents constituted both specialists working in PR agencies as well as in other domestic companies and institutions. The article contains a list of activities presented in statistical terms that are related to work in the PR industry.

Author Biographies

Dariusz Tworzydło, University of Warsaw

Dariusz Tworzydło, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. His research interests are public relations, crisis management and strategy.

Przemysław Szuba, Exacto sp. z o. o.

Przemysław Szuba, M.A. in sociology and journalism at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He currently works at Exacto sp. z o. o. His research interests are public relations and mapping of PR in Poland.

Norbert Życzyński, COMMIT POLAND sp. z o. o.

Norbert Życzyński, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management, Rzeszów University of Technology. His research interests are logistics, sales networks and public relations.

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2019-08-08

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Tworzydło, D., Szuba, P., & Życzyński, N. (2019). Profile of public relations practitioners in Poland: Research results. Central European Journal of Communication, 12(3(24), 361-377. https://doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.12.3(24).5

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3(24) (2019): Fall 2019

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Scientific Papers

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