What does PUBLICITY mean?

Definitions for PUBLICITY
pʌˈblɪs ɪ tipub·lic·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. promotion, publicity, promotional material, packagingnoun

    a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

    "the packaging of new ideas"

  2. publicitynoun

    the quality of being open to public view

    "the publicity of the court room"

Wiktionary

  1. publicitynoun

    Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.

  2. publicitynoun

    Public interest attracted in this way.

  3. publicitynoun

    The condition of being the object of public attention.

  4. Etymology: From publicité.

ChatGPT

  1. publicity

    Publicity is the notice or attention given to someone or something by the media. It involves the creation, management, and spreading of information about a person, product, service, or event, often via various forms of media, to raise public awareness or influence public opinion. The information is generated and disseminated with the intent of reaching and influencing as large an audience as possible.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Publicitynoun

    the quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. publicit.]

Wikidata

  1. Publicity

    Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people, goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment. Publicity is the act of attracting the media attention and gaining visibility with the public, it necessarily needs the compliment of the media it cannot be done internally because it requires the attention of the publicist and it is the publicist that carries out publicity while PR is the strategic management function that helps an organization communicate, establish and maintain relation with the important audiences, It can be done internally without the use of media From a marketing perspective, publicity is one component of promotion which is one component of marketing. The other elements of the promotional mix are advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and personal selling. Examples of promotional tactics include: ⁕Art exhibitions ⁕event sponsorship ⁕Arrange a speech or talk ⁕Make an analysis or prediction ⁕Conduct a poll or survey ⁕Issue a report ⁕Take a stand on a controversial subject ⁕Arrange for a testimonial ⁕Announce an appointment

Editors Contribution

  1. publicity

    Publicity means utilizing the peripheral object. It could be a personality or an individual from the mass media. The main function of the object is to increase the level of awareness. Publicity is one of the relational tools of Marketing Mix. It is interconnected with the factor of Public Relations. The subject includes Politicians, Business Personalities, Artists, and Actors etc.


    Submitted by anonymous on March 11, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PUBLICITY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3881

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PUBLICITY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2875

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PUBLICITY' in Nouns Frequency: #1556

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PUBLICITY in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PUBLICITY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of PUBLICITY in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Kochan:

    I see it as an effort to ward off negative publicity when they will be most vulnerable to publicity.

  2. Susan Nugent:

    We are extraordinarily disappointed, we raised very significant issues about the need for a change of venue. The trial was held in New London, but should have been moved to Bridgeport. This case gained sensational publicity, and the (previous) attorneys did not pursue the issue nearly enough.

  3. Erkka Railo:

    Stubb previously was a pet of the political publicity, he was seen as fresh and open-minded. But lately, he has evoked a lot of irritation.

  4. Phil Neff:

    I'm more concerned about the bad publicity that Dalton, Georgia, is getting, dalton, Georgia, is recognized throughout the world for the development of the carpet. That's what most people know it by. But now it's being known by the idea that everybody in Dalton was a supporter of Marjorie Greene -- and they were not.

  5. Lara Yeretsian:

    I didn’t think he would be convicted the first time around. I really believe in Scott’s innocence based on the evidence I had seen during the first trial. I truly don’t believe he got a fair trial because of all the publicity and all of the emotions and visceral reactions of him having an affair.

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