Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Meguerditchian, Tamar Grace
URN	etd-04092007-144131
Title	Public Relations and Political Controversy: A Case Study of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations’ Public Relations Campaign Regarding the Ottoman Empire’s Deportation of the Armenians
Degree	Master of Mass Communication (M.M.C.)
Department	Mass Communication
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Eileen Meehan Committee Chair Margaret DeFleur Committee Member Meghan Sanders Committee Member
Keywords	public relations propaganda persuasive communication social responsibility ethics
Date of Defense	2007-03-27
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract An organization will almost always use persuasive communication tactics to influence public opinion. Persuasive communication tactics can be either pubic relations or propaganda. The definitions of both public relations and propaganda, as well as a study of the relevant models, reveals that neither practice heavily stresses the importance of social responsibility. Using the importance of social responsibility in honest persuasive communication tactics, this qualitative case study of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations’ (ATAA) determined that the efforts of the ATAA’s persuasive communication efforts are in line with the methods of propaganda, as stated in the operational definition of propaganda and in the objectives of the synthesized propaganda model.
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