Articles in The New England Journal of Medicine get tremendous publicity, some justified and some not. Recently, 2 articles and an editorial (1–3 ) were published about the use of “high-sensitivity” cardiac troponin (cTn). These articles are welcome because they emphasize important concepts for clinicians. Some aspects, however, require clarification. Here we examine these articles and separate...

This study analyzes the effectiveness of taxation and anti-smoking publicity in influencing the demand for cigarettes, applying time series analysis to per capita cigarette consumption data in Switzerland between 1954 and 1977. The results suggest that two major publicity campaigns following the publication of the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964 caused immediate decr...

This study investigates the impacts of publicity exposure and recruiting advertisement sequence on freshmen’s job search attraction to organizations and their job decisions. The current research uses a two-factor experiment design, publicity (positive vs. negative) and recruiting ads (detailed vs. general), and recruits 415 undergraduates (seniors are the majority). Results indicate that negati...

Nowadays, one of the most important questions is the quality of living environment. The development of quality living environment deals with a conflict between publicity and privacy: who is responsible for creating quality living environment, where is the line between publicity and privacy, how the balance between publicity and privacy should be achieved? The article discusses modern-day issues...

News media often engage in strategy framing when covering politics, including strategic press and publicity coverage coined to express the focus on the media’s role in the game of politics, as well as politicians’ calculated publicity and public relations efforts in relation to the media. This study examines the effect of strategic press and publicity coverage on perceptions of political PR onc...