Campaigns that Shook the World: The Evolution of Public Relations

Danny Rogers

ISBN 10: 0749475099 / ISBN 13: 9780749475093

Published by Kogan Page, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Campaigns that Shook the World: The Evolution of Public Relations
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749475099
• ISBN 13: 9780749475093
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Campaigns that Shook the World provides the inside story on a selection of the greatest campaigns of the last four decades, while narrating the development of the PR and communications business. The book provides the definitive case studies of nine campaigns - political, corporate and entertainment - from the 1970s to the present day. It explains their strategies and tactics, looks at the imagery and icons they created and interviews the powerful, flamboyant personalities who crafted and executed these seminal projects.

The book examines Thatcherism, New Labour, Britain's royal family, the Rolling Stones, David Beckham, the London 2012 Olympics, Product (RED), Obama for America and Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty. In addition, Campaigns that Shook the World:

- contains exclusive interviews with campaign gurus such as Alastair Campbell, Matthew Freud, Simon Fuller and Lord Tim Bell
- investigates the relationship between communication techniques, the media and evolving public opinion, using real-world examples
- features campaigns by Saatchi & Saatchi, Edelman, Bell Pottinger, Ogilvy, Freuds and other well-known marketing consultancies

Campaigns that Shook the World grapples with PR's uneasy place at the nexus of politics and celebrity, holding the best campaigns up to scrutiny and showcasing just how powerful PR can be as an instrument of change. It contains insights from Alan Edwards, Paddy Harverson and many others.

About the Authors

Danny Rogers is one the UK's pre-eminent media and marketing journalists. He has been editor of Campaign and PRWeek and is currently group editor-in-chief of the Brand Republic Group. He has won many industry awards including the British Society of Magazine Editors' 'Editor of the Year' in 2008. Rogers has also been a contributing editor to The Independent, The Guardian and Financial Times' Creative Business, as well as a regular commentator on international broadcast media.

Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder & CEO of WPP, a world leader in advertising and marketing services, and parent to many of the industry's biggest and most admired agencies. It's clients include 360 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30, and 78 of the NASDAQ 100. In 2016, Martin was named Britain's best performing CEO and the second best-performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review.