In this Inauguration Day special episode, Fred Cook discusses the preliminary results of the Center for Public Relations’ Global Communication Survey with our senior research fellow, Dr. Ulrike Gretzel. These findings reveal important information about the future of activism, political polarization and purpose under the Biden administration and their impacts on our industry.
As we inaugurate a new president amidst a pandemic and civil unrest, new data from the 2021 Global Communication Survey gives us valuable insight into what this next year may hold. In this episode, our guest Dr. Ulrike Gretzel, senior research fellow at the USC Center for Public Relations, discusses the preliminary findings with Fred, exploring the expected impacts of the Biden administration on activism, polarization, diversity and inclusion and more.
As they dive into predictions including increased political polarization, an increase in activist expectations of business involvement in social causes and a largely divided opinion on whether we will experience new unity or increased civil unrest, Dr. Gretzel imparts how we can communicate effectively in these divided states of America, and how it will take the efforts of government, business and media together to unify our country again.
View the preliminary results at https://center4pr.medium.com/despite-bidens-call-for-national-unity-usc-annenberg-survey-forecasts-increased-polarization-and-3ac413de60b
Featuring:
Dr. Ulrike Gretzel (@UlrikeGretzel), Research Fellow at the USC Center for Public Relations
Host:
Fred Cook (@fredcook), Chairman Emeritus of Golin, a global PR firm. Author of “Improvise - Unorthodox Career Advice from an Unlikely CEO” and Director of the USC Center for Public Relations
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