PR 1304 - Promotional Writing

Institution:

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

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Description:

In this upper-level writing course, students produce 25 pages of revised prose, largely in the forms and genres of public relations writing: the news release, the speech, the backgrounder, and the crisis statement, among others. In effect, students generate a portfolio of professional-quality written material on par with entry-level PR practitioners. In doing so, students pay particular attention to how the rise of networked computer systems—the electronic word—is affecting the way products or services are conceptualized, marketed, and promoted. Students may examine literary works that have a promotional purpose (chosen from a list ranging from Harriet Beecher Stowe? 痵 Uncle Tom’s Ca bin to Rachel Carso n’s Silent Spri ng). Prerequisite: COMM 0106 GE: Upper-Level Writ

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pitt.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 624-4141

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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