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Paradigms of Public Relations in an Age of Digitalization: Social Media Analytics in the UAE

Paradigms of Public Relations in an Age of Digitalization: Social Media Analytics in the UAE
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Author(s): Badreya Al-Jenaibi (The United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 16
Source title: Recent Developments in Individual and Organizational Adoption of ICTs
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Orkun Yildiz (Izmir Democracy University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3045-0.ch016

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Abstract

This study explores the uses of social media in public relations (PR) departments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It seeks to lay the basis for understanding the place of social media in the UAE and to contribute to the analysis of the issue of social change in the PR offices. The chapter assesses the state of PR in the UAE in relation to global media and highlights needs in this area for both public and private enterprises. Presenting interview data taken from a cross section of 40 organizations throughout the UAE, it addresses perceptions of benefits, challenges, public acceptance, and future strategies of social media in relation to global SM as whole. It finds that barriers to the use and acceptance of SM in PR have mostly been lifted.

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