A．shrinking cultural differences and new communication ……
第二篇
The Development of
PR The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing,
new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to
an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.
Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U. S.
leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other
countries. Ten years age, for example, the world’s top five public relations
agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular
are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more
than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate
planning activities, compared to about one-third of U. S. companies. It may not
belong before London replaces New York as the capital of PR. Why
is America lagging behind in the global PR race Firstly, Americans as a whole
tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs.
Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this
country. Secondly, American lag behind their European and Asian counterparts in
knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Bur son-Marshall’s U.S.
employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage.
Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a
second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye
on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans
read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as
well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often
read in this country. Perhaps the PR industry might take a
lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced
that the word “foreign” would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts.
According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the world so
interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as
foreign.
According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because of______.
A．shrinking cultural differences and new communication technologies B．increased efforts of other countries in public relations C．an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companies D．the decreasing number of multinational corporations technologies
