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ASIA-PACIFICCOMMUNICATIONMONITOR2015/16THESTATEOFSTRATEGICCOMMUNICATIONANDPUBLICRELATIONSINAREGIONOFRAPIDGROWTH.SURVEYRESULTSFROM23COUNTRIES.

JimMacnamara,MayO.Lwin,AnaAdiandAnsgarZerfass

AstudyorganisedbytheAsiaPacificAssociaPonofCommunicaPonDirectors(APACD),theEuropeanPublicRelaPonsEducaPonandResearchAssociaPon(EUPRERA)andQuadrigaUniversityofAppliedSciences,supportedbypartnerPRIMEResearchInternaPonalandmediapartnerCommunicaPonDirectormagazine

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APACDAsia-PacificAssociaPonofCommunicaPonDirectors,HongKong,www.apacd.comQuadrigaUniversityofAppliedSciences,Berlin,www.quadriga.euEUPRERAEuropeanPublicRelaPonsEducaPonandResearchAssociaPon,Brussels,www.euprera.org

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Macnamara,J.,Lwin,M.O.,Adi,A.,&Zerfass,A.(2015):Asia-PacificCommunica/onMonitor2015/16.Thestateofstrategiccommunica/onandpublicrela/onsinaregionofrapidgrowth.Surveyresultsfrom23countries.HongKong:APACD.

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Source:Asia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor2015/16,www.communicaPonmonitor.asia.

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©November2015bytheresearchteam(Macnamara,Lwin,Adi,Zerfass)forthewholedocumentandallparts,chartsanddata.ThematerialpresentedinthisdocumentrepresentsempiricalinsightsandinterpretaPonbytheresearchteam.ItisintellectualpropertysubjecttointernaPonalcopyright.TitlegraphicprovidedbyQuadrigaMedia.Surveytool,previousquesPonnaires/data,andwebsitedomainlicensedbyEURERA.Permissionisgrantedtoquotefromthecontentofthissurveyandreproduceanygraphics,subjecttothecondiPonthatthesourceincludingtheinternetaddressisclearlyquotedanddepictedoneverypageorchart.ItisnotallowedtousethisdatatoillustratepromoPonalmaterialforcommercialservices.PublishingthisPDFdocumentonwebsitesorsocialmediachannelsrunbythirdparPesandstoringthisdocumentindatabasesoronpladormswhichareonlyopentosubscribers/membersorchargepaymentsforassessinginformaPonisprohibited.Pleaseusealinktotheofficialwebsitewww.communicaPonmonitor.asiainstead.

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Pleasecontacttheleadresearchers,naPonalresearchteammembersinyourcountryortheAPACDcoordinatorifyourareinterestedinpresentaPons,workshops,interviews,orfurtheranalysesoftheinsightspresentedhere.Contactsarelistedonpage96.

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ForewordandIntroducPon 6

Researchdesign 8Methodologyanddemographics 10

Futurerelevanceofmassmedia 16CommunicaPonchannelsandinstruments 26Socialmediaskillsandknowledge 34StrategicissuesandvaluecontribuPon 42MeasurementandevaluaPonincommunicaPondepartments 54JobsaPsfacPon 62CharacterisPcsofexcellentcommunicaPonfuncPons 74

References 92

Authorsandleadresearchers 95NaPonalresearchersandcontacts 96Surveyorganisersandpartners 97MoreinformaPon 99

Content

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Foreword

It’smypleasuretowelcomeyoutotheinauguralediPonoftheAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor,thefirstlarge-scalesurveyonthecurrentstatusandthefutureofstrategiccommunicaPonininAsiaPacific.AimedatcommunicaPonprofessionalsworkinginorganisaPonsandconsultancies,thisnon-profitstudyhasbeenwrimenbyprofessorsfromsomeofthemostrenowneduniversiPesintheregionandisgloballylinkedtosimilarstudiesinEuropeandLaPnAmerica.ThisenablesthecomparisonofthepracPcesandchallengesfacedbyAsia-Pacificcommunicatorswiththosefacedbytheircounterpartsaroundtheworld.

Unsurprisingly,giventhedynamismofthecommunicaPonsfieldonAsia-Pacific,animportantelementofthefirstAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitorislookingatthefuturedevelopmentoftheprofession:thepredicPonsofourrespondentsisavitalpictureofnotonlywheretheprofessionstandsnowbuthowitseesitselfgrowingin

thenextfewyears.AstheMonitorconPnuestobepublishedinthefuture,itwillpaintafascinaPngpictureoftheevoluPonofoursharedunderstandingofourprofession.

Forexample,amongtheMonitor’smainareasofinterestistherelaPonshipbetweencommunicaPonsandthemedia.LookingtothefutureofthecommunicaPonslandscape,theMonitorrevealsthatearnedandownedmediaarerisinginimportanceinAsia-Pacific,andpredictsclosercollaboraPonswithmassmediaresulPnginco-producedcontentandjointpublicaPons.AnotherimportantfocusiscommunicaPonchannelsandinstruments:mobilecommunicaPonsuchasphoneortabletappsandmobilewebsiteswillseeabigleapinimportanceby2018comparedtotoday.

WhatmakesthesefindingsespeciallyinteresPngisthebreakdownofresponsesbycountryandregion:Ibelievethat,byexplainingthedifferenceinaotudesamongcommunicatorsworkingacrossthisdiverseregion,theAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitorprovidesauniqueservice.Ihopeyoufinditofvalue,andlookforwardtosharingfutureediPonswithyouintheyearstocome.

PierreGoadPresident,Asia-PacificAssocia/onofCommunica/onDirectors(APACD)

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IntroducPon

ConPnuingrapidchangesinthemedialandscapeincludingnewchannelsofcommunicaPonandnewformsofownedmediaandcontentarecharacterisPcsoftheenvironmentinwhichcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacificwork.Alongwiththe‘riseandrise’ofsocialmedia,mobilecommunicaPontechnologies,andnewapproachestocollaboraPvecontentproducPonthroughmediapartnershipsandownedmedia,theongoingchallengetodemonstratethevalueofcommunicaPontoorganisaPonsandanumberofotherissuesareexploredinthisfirstAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor.

ThestudyexploresthecurrentstatusandfuturetrendsinstrategiccommunicaPonandpublicrelaPonsintheregion.Itisbasedonresponsesfrom1,200communicaPonprofessionalsin23countries.WethankeverybodywhocontributedtheirvaluablePme.WiththisediPontheCommunicaPonMonitorserieshasexpandedtoincludeoneofthefastestgrowingregionsintheworld.TheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitorwaslaunchedin2007,itexpandedtoLaPnAmericain2014andnow,approachingits10thanniversary,ithasbecomethemostcomprehensivestudymappingthecommunicaPonprofessionworldwideinmorethan80countries.

ForiniPaPngtheAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor,thanksareduetotheleadresearcheroftheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitor,ProfessorDr.AnsgarZerfassfromtheUniversityofLeipzig.HeandProfessorDr.AnaAdifromQuadrigaUniversityofAppliedSciencesinBerlinhavebroughtconsiderableexperiencefromEuropetotheAsia-Pacificresearchteam.

InaddiPon,oursincerethanksgotothepartnerwhosupportedtheAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor,PRIMEResearchInternaPonal,andtheorganisersinthisregion,theAsia-PacificAssociaPonofCommunicaPonDirectors(APACD),EUPRERA,QuadrigaUniversity;andtheextendedresearchteamfromrenowneduniversiPesacrosstheregionaslistedinside.They,andothersworkingbehindthescenes,haveenabledustodeliverthisfirstAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor.

Prof.Dr.JimMacnamara,Assoc.Prof.Dr.MayO.Lwin,Prof.Dr.AnaAdi,Prof.Dr.AnsgarZerfassLeadresearchers,Asia-PacificCommunica/onMonitor

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Researchdesign

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TheAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor(APCM)isauniquetransnaPonalsurveyinstrategiccommunicaPonbasedonresponsesfrom1,200communicaPonprofessionalsfrom23countriesworkingincorporaPons,non-profits,governmentalorganisaPonsandcommuni-caPonagencies.ThecurrentstudyisthefirstinAsia-Pacific,followingtheexamplesetbysimilarstudiesiniPatedinotherconPnents(Europe,since2007,andLaPnAmerica,since2014).Withmorethan80countriescoveredbycomparablemethodologyandparPallyoverlappingquesPons,thecommunicaPonmonitorstudiesareknownasthemostcomprehensiveresearchinthefieldworldwide.

AjointstudybyacademiaandpracPce,theAPCMhasbeenconductedbyacoreresearchteamoffourprofessorscombiningregionalandinternaPonalexperiences:JimMacnamara(UniversityofTechnologySydney),MayO.Lwin(NanyangTechnologicalUniversitySingapore),AnaAdi(QuadrigaUniversityofAppliedSciencesBerlin),andAnsgarZerfass(UniversityofLeipzig).AnextendedresearchteamofprofessorsandnaPonalresearchcollaboratorsinkeycountriesoftheregionensuresthatthesurveyreflectsthediversityofthefieldacrossAsia-Pacific,thefulllistofwhichisincludedonpage96ofthisreport.TheprojecthasbeenorganisedbytheAsia-PacificAssociaPonofCommunicaPonDirectors(APACD),QuadrigaUniversityandtheEuropeanPublicRelaPonsEducaPonandResearchAssociaPon(EUPRERA),supportedbypartnerPRIMEResearchInternaPonal,agloballeaderincommunicaPonresearch,andmediapartnerCommunicaPonDirectormagazine.

TheresearchframeworkforthesurveyisdesignedalongfivekeyareassimilartootherinternaPonalstudies.Itincludesalargenumberofindependentanddependentvariablesalongthefivefactors:personalcharacterisPcsofcommunicaPonprofessionals(demographics,educaPon,jobstatus,experience);featuresoftheorganisaPon(structureandcountry);amributesofthecommunicaPondepartment;thecurrentsituaPonaswellaspercepPonsonkeydevelopmentsrelevantfortheprofession.

Twoconstructsareexploredinthestudy.Firstly,recentdevelopmentsinpracPceandacademictheoriesareempiricallytestedbyusingasetofquesPonnaireinstrumentsderivedfromliterature.TheconceptualbackgroundoftheAPCM2015/16includesdebatesonthefutureroleofearned,ownedandpaidmediaforopinionbuilding(Hallahan,2014;Macnamara,2014d;Verčič&TkalacVerčič,2015),thedevelopmentofsocialmediaandtradiPonalcommunicaPonchannelsoverPme(Wright&Hinson,2012),socialmediaskillsofcommunicators(Tench&Moreno,2015),overallchallengesandissuesintheprofession(Zerfassetal.,2015),alternaPvewaystoexplainthevalueofcommunicaPon(Kiesenbauer&Zerfass,2015),aswellasmeasurementandevaluaPon(Watson&Noble,2014).Secondly,thisstudyappliesstaPsPcalmethodsandabenchmarkingmethodology(Verčič&Zerfass,2015)toidenPfyoutperformingcommunicaPondepartmentsandthefactorswhichmakesthedifference.

ThemulPtudeofinsightsbasedonthisresearchhelpstheprofessiontounderstandconstraintsandopportuniPestomakeinformedmanagerialdecisions.

Researchdesign

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Methodologyanddemographics

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ThequesPonnaireusedfortheAsia-PacificCommunicaPonMonitor2015consistedof26quesPonsarrangedin14secPons.Theinstru-mentsuseddifferentscales.TheywerebasedonresearchquesPonsandhypothesesderivedfrompreviousresearchandliterature.

TheonlinesurveyinEnglishlanguagewaspre-testedinJuly2015with68communicaPonprofessionalsin14Asia-Pacificcountries.AmendmentsweremadewhereappropriateandthefinalquesPonnairewasacPvatedforfourweeksinAugust2015.Morethan21,000professionalsthroughoutAsia-Pacificwereinvitedwithpersonale-mailsbasedonadatabaseprovidedbytheAsia-PacificAssociaPonofCommunicaPonDirectors(APACD).AddiPonalinvitaPonsweresentvianaPonalresearchcollaboratorsandprofessionalassociaPons.2,154respondentsstartedthesurvey.1,200ofthemfullycompleteditandwereclearlyidenPfiedaspartofthepopulaPon;allotherresponsesweredeletedfromthedataset.ThisstrictselecPonofrespondentsisadisPnctfeatureoftheAPCMandthewholecommunica-Ponmonitorseries.Itsetsthisstudyapartfrommanystudieswhicharebasedonsnowballsamplingorwhichincludestudents,academicsandpeopleoutsideofthefocusedprofessionorregion.

TheStaPsPcalPackagefortheSocialSciences(SPSS)wasusedfordataanalysis.ResultshavebeentestedstaPsPcallywith,dependingonthevariable,Pearson'schi-squaretests(χ²),ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctests,KendallrankcorrelaPon,andT-Tests,Inthisreport,resultsareclassifiedassignificant(p≤0.05)*orhighlysignificant(p≤0.01)**inthegraphicsandtablesormarkedinthefootnotes.

ThreeoutoffourrespondentsarecommunicaPonleaders:43.8percentholdatophierarchicalposiPonasheadofcommunicaPonorasCEOofacommunicaPonconsultancyand33.2percentareunitleadersorinchargeofasinglecommunicaPondisciplineinanorganisaPon.62.7percentoftheprofessionalsinterviewedhavemorethantenyearsofexperienceincommunicaPonmanagement,56.9percentofrespondentsarefemaleandtheaverageageis41.Avastmajority(96.9percent)inthesamplehasadiplomaordegree,with55.9percentholdingatleastoneuniversitydegree.Aquarteroftherespondents(25.7percent)workinmulPnaPonalorganisaPonswithrootsinAsia-Pacific.Another31.8percentrepresentmulPnaPonalorganisaPonsheadquarteredinanotherconPnent,while38.8percentworkinorganisaPonswithanaPonalorlocalscope.AlmostthreeoutoffourrespondentsworkincommunicaPondepartments(injointstockcompanies,38.3percent;privatecompanies,17.1percent;governmentalorganisaPons,11.9percent;non-profitorganisa-PonsorassociaPons,7.8percent),while24.9percentarecommunicaPonconsultantsworkingfreelanceorforagencies.

Overall,23countriesparPcipatedinthesurvey.ThecountrieswiththelargestnumberofrespondentswereIndia,Australia,Singa-pore,HongKongandChina,followedbyVietnam,ThailandandMalaysia.Thedatasetprovidedmoredetailedinsightsfor12to14countries,dependingoneachquesPon.

Methodologyanddemographics

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ResearchframeworkandquesPons

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DemographicbackgroundofparPcipants

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRprofessionalsfrom23countries.Q13:WhatisyourposiPon?Q22:HowmanyyearsofexperiencedoyouhaveincommunicaPonmanagement/PR?Q11:Wheredoyouwork?Q12:Whodoyouworkfor?

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Personalbackgroundofrespondents

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRprofessionalsfrom23countries.Q20:Howoldareyou?Q21:Whatisyourgender?Q23:Pleasestatethehighestacademic/educaPonalqualificaPonyouhold.*Nodegree=3.2%.Q24:AreyouamemberofaprofessionalorganisaPon?

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Countriesrepresentedinthestudy

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRprofessionals.Q25:InwhichcountryinAsia-Pacificareyounormallybased?

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Futurerelevanceofmassmedia

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UnliketradiPonalmediamodelsinwhichcontentisbroadlycategorisedasadverPsingoreditorial,thePESOmodel(paid,earned,shared,andowned)conPnuestoevolve(Hallahan,2014;Verčič&TkalacVerčič,2015).Thereareclearsignsthatpaidandearnedmediacontent–adverPsingandtradiPonalmediapublicity–areindecline(McChesney,2013,p.172;Macnamara,2014a;O’Donnell,McKnight,&Este,2012)andthatownedandsharedmediaareontherise.

AlongwithglobaldatashowingaturndownandnearcollapseofmediabusinessmodelsbasedontradiPonaladverPsing(Macnama-ra,2014a;PewResearchCenter,2012),communicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacificforeseeanincreaseinuseofownedmedia(56.3percent).OwnedmediaareexpandingwellbeyondtradiPonalcorporatepublishingtoincludeanarrayofnewcontentformatsdescribedas‘naPveadverPsing’(paidpromoPonthatispresentedtonotlooklikeadverPsing)andothereuphemisPctermssuchassponsoredcontent,brandintegraPon,and‘embeddedmarkePng’(Macnamara,2014b,2015).WhileprovidingnewopportuniPesformarketersandmediaproprietors,someofthesenewformatsareraisingquesPonsabouttransparencyandethics,astheyblurtheboundariesbetweenpaidpromoPonandnews.ArecentanalysisoftherelaPonshipsbetweenjournalismandPRshowedthat“thePR,adverPsing,markePng,andmediaindustriesneedtoworktogethertodevelopconsistentresponsiblecodesofpracPceinrelaPontoemergingpracPcesof‘embed-ded’markePngcommunicaPoninitsvariousguises,suchas‘naPveadverPsing’,‘integratedcontent’,andnewformsof‘advertorial’”(Macnamara,2014b,p.231).Theresearchhaswarnedthat“convergence”betweenjournalismandPRisgrowingandneedstobeaddressedwithclear“rulesofengagement”(Macnamara,2015a).

StrategicpartnershipswithmediaorganisaPonsareseenasmostimportantinMalaysia,Indonesia,thePhilippines,Taiwan,andIndia,whileHongKong,AustraliaandNewZealandseecommercialarrangementswithmediaaslessimportant–perhapsduetostrictermediaregulaPonsandgreaterseparaPonbetweeneditorialandadverPsinginthesecountries.PercepPonsofthefutureofmediarelaPonsarealsodependentontheareaofcommunicaPoninwhichprofessionalswork.Strategicpartnershipsleadingtoapproachessuchassponso-redcontent,‘brandjournalism’andnaPveadverPsingarepreferredbyspecialistsinmarkePng,brandandconsumercommunicaPonandthoseworkinginonlinemedia.

Sharedmediaincludeagrowingarrayofsocialmediainwhichgovernment,corporaPons,andNGOscoproducecontentwithindividualprosumers(Toffler,1970,1980)andprodusers(Bruns,2008)–orwhatRosen(2006,para.1)calls“thepeopleformerlyknownastheaudience”.Theseformer‘consumers’andusersareincreasinglyproducersanddistributorsofnewsandinformaPoninsharedmedia.

Despitetheshi�towardsnewformats,72.8percentofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsiaPacificbelievethatearnedmediapublicitywillconPnuetobeimportant.However,influencingmedia‘gatekeepers’andmediaagendasarelessimportantthandirectdistribuPonofinformaPonandmonitoringnewsandopinion.

InteresPngly,communicaPonprofessionalsusemassmediatomonitornewsandpublicopinion(76.3percent)asmuchastheydofordistribuPnginformaPonabouttheorganisaPon,itsproducts,orservices(76.1percent).Thisimplieslistening,butmonitoringisdoneformostlyself-servingpurposesasdiscussedlaterinthisreport.

Chapteroverview

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-5.7%-17.6%

-29.9%

72.8%

56.3%

34.9%

Loseimportance(scale1-2)

Gainimportance(scale4-5)

FuturerelevanceofmediaforstrategiccommunicaPons:earnedandownedmediaarerisinginimportance;inconsistentviewsonpaidmedia

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRProfessionalsfrom23countries.Q1:PleaseratetherelaPveimportanceofthefollowingstrategiccommunicaPonacPviPeswithinthenextthreeyears!Scale1(Losealotofimportance)–5(Gainalotofimportance).

Usingearnedmediapublicity(pressrelaPons,contentsharing)

Usingownedmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion

Usingpaidmediapublicity(adverPsing,mediasponsoring)

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Assessmentofpaid,ownedandearnedmediaissignificantlycorrelatedwiththeprofessionalroleandexperienceofcommunicators

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/nmin=119PRProfessionals.Q1:PleaseratetherelaPveimportanceofthefollowingstrategiccommunicaPonacPviPeswithinthenextthreeyears.Scale1(Losealotofimportance)–5(Gainalotofimportance).**Highlysignificantdifferences(independentsampleT-test,p≤0.01).

4.05

3.25

3.81

3.47

3.04

3.75

MarkePng,brand,consumercommunicaPon MediarelaPons,pressspokespersonConsultancy,advising,coaching,keyaccount OnlinecommunicaPon,socialmedia

Usingearnedmediapublicity**

Usingownedmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion**

Usingpaidmediapublicity**

Losealotofimportance Gainalotofimportance

3.0

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-9.1%-18.3%

66.8%

48.7%

Loseimportance(scale1-2)

Gainimportance(scale4-5)

Twothirdsofrespondentsbelieveinarisingimportanceofmassmediaasstrategiccollaborators;lessseeagrowingrelevanceforopinionbuilding

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRProfessionalsfrom23countries.Q1:PleaseratetherelaPveimportanceofthefollowingstrategiccommunicaPonacPviPeswithinthenextthreeyears.Scale1(Losealotofimportance)–5(Gainalotofimportance).

Usingstrategicpartnershipswithmassmedia(co-producingcontent,jointpublicaPons/services)

Usingmassmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion

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RelevanceofmassmediaforstrategiccommunicaPoninvariouscountries

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,185PRProfessionalsfrom14countries.Q1:PleaseratetherelaPveimportanceofthefollowingstrategiccommunicaPonacPviPeswithinthenextthreeyears.Scale1(Losealotofimportance)–5(Gainalotofimportance).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.**Highlysignificantdifferences(ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctest,p≤0.01).

Australia(60.9%|27.6%)

China(66.3%|39.4%)

HongKong(56.3%|43,0%

India(72.6%|58.5%)

Indonesia(73.9%|69.6%)

Japan(51,0%|49,0%

Korea(48.5%|48.5%)

Malaysia(82.3%|62.9%)

NewZealand(64.2%|28.3%)

Philippines(82.1%|71.8%)

Singapore(70.1%|46.7%)

Taiwan(74.5%|60,0%

Thailand(68.7%|53.7%)

Vietnam(65.6%|57.8%)

RisingimportanceofstrategicpartnershipswithmassmediaRisingimportanceofusingmassmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion**

40%

0%

80%

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CommunicaPonprofessionalsworkingin...

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

Non-profitorganisaPons

Usingearnedmediapublicity 3.94 3.92 3.81 3.92

Usingownedmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion 3.47 3.51 3.68 3.57

Usingpaidmediapublicity 2.99 3.09 3.23 3.08

Usingstrategicpartnershipswithmassmedia 3.73 3.86 3.76 3.76

Usingmassmediaforinfluencingpublicopinion 3.52 3.60 3.49 3.49

NosignificantvariancesintheassessmentofmediaindifferenttypesoforganisaPons

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRProfessionalsfrom23countries.Q1:PleaseratetherelaPveimportanceofthefollowingstrategiccommunicaPonacPviPeswithinthenextthreeyears!Scale1(Losealotofimportance)–5(Gainalotofimportance).Meanvalues.

23 23 23

WhyorganisaPonsinAsia-Pacificinteractwiththemassmedia

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,195PRprofessionalsfrom23countries.Q2:WhatarethemainreasonsthatyourorganisaPoninteractswithmassmedia?Agencies/consultants:ThinkofyourownorganisaPon,notofyourclients.MyorganisaPon(orourserviceproviders)usemassmediaandtheirproductsto…Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.

76.3%

76.1%

73.1%

69.0%

45.4%

43.6%

Monitornewsandpublicopinion

SpreadinformaPonabouttheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices

EvaluatemediacoverageoftheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices

Influencegatekeepers,themediaagendaandstakeholders

Sourcecontentforinternalnewsservices

Jointlyproducequalitycontentand/orcreatetopicalpladorms

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UseofmassmediaindifferenttypesoforganisaPons

78.8%

79.0%

77.3%

70.5%

46.7%

41.0%

68.8%

74.1%

71.7%

60.5%

42.4%

40.5%

76.2%

80.4%

66.4%

74.1%

39.9%

49.7%

72.5%

83.5%

71.4%

65.9%

36.3%

41.8%

Monitornewsandpublicopinion

SpreadinformaPonabouttheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices**

EvaluatemediacoverageoftheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices

Influencegatekeepers,themediaagendaandstakeholders

Sourcecontentforinternalnewsservices

Jointlyproducequalitycontentand/orcreatetopicalpladorms

Jointstockcompanies Privatecompanies GovernmentalorganisaPons Non-profitorganisaPons

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,195PRprofessionalsfrom23countries.Q2:WhatarethemainreasonsthatyourorganisaPoninteractswithmassmedia?Agencies/consultants:ThinkofyourownorganisaPon,notofyourclients.MyorganisaPon(orourserviceproviders)usemassmediaandtheirproductsto…Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.**Highlysignificantdifferenceformeanvalues(ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctest,p≤0.01)

25 25 25

SignificantdifferencesfortheuseofmediaevaluaPon,contentsourcingandjointcontentproducPonacrossAsia-Pacific

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,180PRprofessionalsfrom14countries.Q2:WhatarethemainreasonsthatyourorganisaPoninteractswithmassmedia?Agencies/consultants:ThinkofyourownorganisaPon,notofyourclients.MyorganisaPon(orourserviceproviders)usemassmediaandtheirproductsto…Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.Highlysignificantdifferencesforallmeanvalues(ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctest,p≤0.01)

Australia(71.6%|27.1%|25.8%)

China(60.8%|49,0%|47.1%)

HongKong(81.3%|54.7%|36.7%)

India(78.7%|41.5%|46.3%)

Indonesia(80.4%|52.2%|52.2%)

Japan(68.6%|41.2%|29.4%)

Korea(69.7%|54.5%|60.6%)

Malaysia(88.5%|55.7%|60.7%)

NewZealand(83,0%|20.8%|32.1%)

Philippines(64.1%|46.2%|51.3%)

Singapore(82.5%|53.3%|47.4%)

Taiwan(67.3%|60,0%|56.4%)

Thailand(70.1%|55.2%|53.7%)

Vietnam(49.4%|42.7%|46.1%)

EvaluatemediacoverageoftheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices

Sourcecontentforinternalnewsservices

Jointlyproducequalitycontentand/orcreatetopicalpladorms

40%

0%

80%

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CommunicaAonchannelsandinstruments

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Socialmediaarenowalmostlevel-peggingwithtradiPonalmediaintermsofperceivedimportanceinAsiaPacific,with75.0percentofcommunicaPonprofessionalsraPngsocialmediaasimportant,comparedwith76.5percentwhoseetradiPonalmediaasimportant.OnlinecommunicaPonviaWebsites,intranets,ande-mailarealsoseenasslightlymoreimportant(73.6percent)thanmediarelaPonswithonlinenewspapersormagazines(73.2percent).

WhencommunicaPonprofessionalslookthreeyearsintothefutureto2018,only46.9perwhoseetradiPonalmediarelaPonswithprintmediaand53.7percentseemediarelaPonswithradioandTVasimportant.Incomparison,92.2percentratesocialmediasuchasblogs,Twimer,Weibo,andsoon,asimportantforstrategiccommunicaPonand85.6percentfavourwebsites,intranetsande-mail.ThisreflectsthefindingsofacademicandindustrystudiesofmediaandpubliccommunicaPon(e.g.,Bartholomew,2012;Bruns,2005,2008;Duhé,2012;Macnamara,2014a;Siapera,2012).

ThebigmoversinAsiaPacificinfuturewillbemobile(phoneandtabletappsandmobile-enabledwebsites)andsocialmediasuchasblogs,TwimerandWeibo,accordingtoprofessionalsintheregion.Almost94percentofAsiaPacificcommunicaPonprofessionalsseemobilecommunicaPonasimportantby2018,comparedwithtwo-thirdsofpracPPonerswhoseeitasimportanttoday.Mobileapplica-PonsareseenasmostimportantinMalaysia,thePhilippines,Thailand,andTaiwan,whileeventsalsoremainimportantinMalaysiaandthePhilippines.However,eventsareseenasdeclininginimportanceinmostcountries,parPcularlyinAustralia,NewZealand,andSingapore.

SocialmediaareratedasmostimportantchannelsinthePhilippines,Taiwan,Thailand,Malaysia,Vietnam,andChina.TradiPonalpress/mediarelaPonsremainimportantinmostcountries,butareparPcularlyimportantinJapan,India,andHongKong,andMalaysia.InlinewiththefindingreportedintheprevioussecPon,theperceivedimportanceofownedmediawillincreasefromlessthan40percentofprofessionalsraPngthemasimportantin2015to50percentsayingtheywillbeimportantby2018.

IncreasinguseofsocialmediapotenPallyexpandsopportuniPesfortwo-waycommunicaPonanddialogue,whichareseenasBestPracPceincommunicaPon(L.Grunig,J.Grunig,&Dozier,2002;Kent&Taylor,2002;Taylor&Kent,2014)–althoughtheinteracPveaffordancesofsocialmediaarenotalwaysbeingusedbyprofessionalsworkingincorporateandmarkePngcommunicaPon,PR,andrelatedfields(Kent,2013;Wright&Hinson,2012).AsKentconcluded:“IfwelookattheuseofsocialmediabymostlargecorporaPons,weseethatthecommunicaPontoolsthatwereinventedfor‘sociality’aretypicallyusedinaone-wayfashiontopushmessagesouttopublics”(2013,p.342).TaylorandKentalsoreportedthatsocialmediauseisa“one-waycommunicaPonprocess”(2014,p.386).

Somewhatintriguingisthatface-to-facecommunicaPonisseenasdeclininginimportanceinanumberofAsiancountriesbetweennowand2018,mostnotablyinthePhilippines(from86.8to73.7percentseeingitasimportant);Taiwan(from58to48percentseeingatimportant);Singapore(from77.1downto71.1percent);andMalaysia(78.9downto72.1percent).However,face-to-facecommuni-caPonisseenasgrowinginimportanceinJapan,China,HongKong,Korea,Indonesia,andNewZealand,andstableinAustraliawhere80.3percentofcommunicaPonprofessionalsseeitasimportant.

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ImportanceofvariouschannelsandinstrumentsforstrategiccommunicaPoninAsia-Pacifictoday

76.5%

75.0%

73.6%

73.2%

71.2%

66.8%

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42.3%

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MobilecommunicaPon(phone/tabletapps,mobilewebsites)

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ExpecteddevelopmentofcommunicaPonchannelsinAsia-PacificunPl2018

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73.2%

71.2%

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53.7%

93.7%

56.9%

53.5%

49.6%

PressandmediarelaPonswithprintnewspapers/magazines

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Gap

Importancein2018

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PercepPonsofchannelimportancearecorrelatedwiththeregionalbackgroundandscopeoforganisaPons

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3.92

3.64

3.31

4.12

3.92

4.09

3.93

3.72

3.74

3.72

3.13

4.07

3.92

4.02

4.00

3.98

3.85

3.37

3.37

InternaPonalorganisaPonsbasedinAsia-Pacific

InternaPonalorganisaPonsheadquarteredelsewhere

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PressandmediarelaPonswithprintnewspapers/magazines

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PressandmediarelaPonswithTVandradiostaPons**

OnlinecommunicaPonviawebsites,e-mail,intranets

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Face-to-facecommunicaPon*

3.0

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DifferentamribuPonofimportancetodayforprintmediarelaPons,mobilecommunicaPonandeventsacrossAsia-Pacific

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/nmin=1,134PRProfessionalsfrom14countries.Q4:Howimportantarethefollowingmethodsinaddressingstakeholders,gatekeepersandaudiencestoday?Scale1(Notimportant)–5(Veryimportant).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.**Highlysignificantdifferencesformeanvalues(ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctest,p≤0.01)*Significantdifferencesformeanvalues(p≤0.05).

Australia(76.6%|71.5%|46.1%)

China(68.9%|69.7%|66.3%)

HongKong(81.3%|66.7%|66.9%)

India(84.3%|50.3%|61.3%)

Indonesia(79.5%|72.7%|63.6%)

Japan(86,0%|57.1%|66.7%)

Korea(78.1%|59.4%|58.1%)

Malaysia(81,0%|79.3%|74.1%)

NewZealand(79.2%|63.5%|50,0%)

Philippines(73.7%|94.7%|86.1%)

Singapore(77.6%|60.3%|49.2%)

Taiwan(69.1%|78.2%|63.6%)

Thailand(77.3%|83.3%|58.5%)

Vietnam(55.1%|58.4%|56.5%)

PressandmediarelaPonswithprintnewspapers/magazines**MobilecommunicaPon(phone/tabletapps,mobilewebsites)**Events*

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40%

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Country-by-countrycomparisonofimportantcommunicaPonchannelsandinstrumentstoday

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Importancetoday

PressandmediarelaPonswith

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Face-to-facecommunicaPon

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Australia 76.6% 73.9% 81.7% 73.0% 80.4% 63.0%

China 68.9% 82.0% 68.7% 74.3% 66.3% 67.3%

HongKong 81.3% 69.8% 80.2% 75.0% 70.1% 55.1%

India 84.3% 65.6% 66.7% 61.0% 67.7% 66.3%

Indonesia 79.5% 70.5% 65.9% 90.9% 59.1% 77.3%

Japan 86.0% 55.1% 68.8% 72.9% 77.6% 60.4%

Korea 78.1% 65.6% 62.5% 61.3% 50.0% 75.0%

Malaysia 81.0% 84.5% 86.0% 79.3% 78.9% 86.0%

NewZealand 79.2% 73.1% 80.4% 71.2% 80.8% 71.7%

Philippines 73.7% 89.5% 89.5% 81.6% 86.8% 81.6%

Singapore 77.6% 75.8% 68.9% 70.7% 77.1% 61.1%

Taiwan 69.1% 87.3% 78.2% 80.0% 58.2% 65.5%

Thailand 77.3% 86.4% 78.8% 71.2% 70.8% 69.7%

Vietnam 55.1% 82.0% 60.2% 80.9% 60.2% 70.8%

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Country-by-countrycomparisonofimportantcommunicaPonchannelsandinstrumentsin2018

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/nmin=1,131PRProfessionalsfrom14countries.Q4:Howimportantwillthefollowingmethodsinaddressingstakeholders,gatekeepersandaudiencestodaybeinthreeyears?Scale1(Notimportant)–5(Veryimportant).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.

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Australia 38.6% 91.5% 88.2% 76.6% 80.3% 44.7%

China 40.8% 88.1% 71.7% 83.8% 75.0% 42.4%

HongKong 52.0% 93.6% 82.3% 89.7% 76.4% 42.4%

India 54.3% 96.3% 90.8% 90.0% 65.8% 64.2%

Indonesia 54.5% 93.3% 88.9% 86.7% 66.7% 62.2%

Japan 51.0% 85.7% 85.4% 87.8% 81.6% 49.0%

Korea 42.4% 84.8% 63.6% 84.4% 57.6% 62.5%

Malaysia 52.5% 96.7% 85.2% 86.7% 72.1% 71.7%

NewZealand 50.0% 94.2% 92.3% 76.5% 84.3% 53.8%

Philippines 55.3% 97.4% 92.1% 86.1% 73.7% 76.3%

Singapore 47.1% 92.5% 89.0% 81.6% 70.1% 46.3%

Taiwan 34.6% 90.6% 83.3% 77.8% 48.1% 46.2%

Thailand 54.8% 92.1% 90.5% 87.3% 66.1% 54.0%

Vietnam 30.7% 87.4% 84.1% 76.1% 64.4% 63.2%

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Socialmediaskillsandknowledge

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Areasonforalackofuseofsocialmediafortwo-way,dialogiccommunicaPon,asreportedbyKent(2013),Macnamara(2014a),Taylor&Kent(2014),Wright&Hinson(2012)andothers,maybetodowiththelevelofskillsandknowledgeinrelaPontosocialmediaamongcommunicaPonprofessionals.

Whilemorethan60percentofAsia-PacificcommunicaPonprofessionalssaytheyknowaboutsocialmediatrendsanddeliveringmessagesthroughsocialmedia,lessthanhalfsaytheycansetupasocialmediapladorm(46.5percent);evaluatesocialmediaacPviPes(44.8percent);manageonlinecommuniPes(44.5percent);orinterpretsocialmediamonitoringdata(45.2percent).Onlyone-third(33.1percent)knowthelegalframeworkapplyingtosocialmediaandjust31.8percentofAsiaPacificcommunicaPonprofessionalssaytheycaniniPateweb-baseddialoguewithstakeholders.

CorporaPonsoperaPnginAsia-PacificfaceaparPcularchallengeinsocialmedia,ascommunicaPonprofessionalsincompaniesreportthelowestlevelofknowledgeandskillsintheseimportantchannels.Professionalinagenciesandnon-profitorganisaPonsreportthehighestlevelsofsocialmediaskillsandknowledge.Notsurprisingly,specialistonlinecommunicatorsreporthigherlevelsofskillsandknowledgethancommunicaPonprofessionalsgenerally.However,withthepopularityandnearubiquitoususeofsocialmedia,itcanbearguedthatallcommunicaPonprofessionalsneedtohavehighlevelsofskillsandknowledgeinthesechannel.

SkillsandknowledgeinrelaPontosocialmediaarerelaPvelyconsistentacrosstheregion,althoughTaiwan,China,andIndonesiareportslightlyhigherlevels.AustraliaandNewZealandreportedlylaginsocialmediaskillsandknowledge,whichisaconcerningfindingforthesehighlydevelopedmarkets.SomeofthehighestlevelsofsocialmediaskillsandknowledgewerereportedinTaiwan,thePhilippines,andIndonesiainrelaPontoknowingaboutsocialmediatrends,developingsocialmediastrategies,andavoidingrisksandmanagingcrisesinsocialmedia.SomeofthelowestlevelsofskillswerereportedinHongKong,Australia,andNewZealandinrelaPontoiniPaPngdialoguewithstakeholdersonlineandinterprePngsocialmediamonitoringdata,aswellasunderstandingofthelegalframeworkapplyingtosocialmedia.

Overall,communicaPonprofessionalsreportfarmoreemphasisondeliveringmessagesviasocialmediathaniniPaPngdialoguewithstakeholders.ThisillustratesMacnamara’srecentresearchfindingthatmostpubliccommunicaPonisfocussedonspeaking,withalackofamenPontotwo-waycommunicaPonincludinglistening(Macnamara,2013,2014c,2016).

WhatcouldbedescribedasadisappoinPnglevelofskillsandknowledgeaboutsocialmediaoverallexplainsatleastinpartwhycopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialwebisidenPfiedasthemajorissuefacingprofessionalsbetweennowand2018inthenextsecPonofthisreport.Also,therelaPvelylowlevelofskillsandknowledgeinrelaPontointerprePngsocialmediamonitoringdatashowsthatmeasurementandevaluaPonremainsanongoingchallengeforcommunicaPonprofessionals,asdiscussedlaterinthisreport.ThesefindingsreflectskillsandknowledgelevelsreportedintheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitorstudies(Zerfassetal.,2013,pp.38-49)andsuggestthatincreasedprofessionaldevelopmentisrequiredacrosstheworld.

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Socialmediaskillsandknowledge:CommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-PacificreportmoderatecapabiliPes

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,200PRprofessionalsfrom23countries.Q5:HowwouldyourateyourcapabiliPesinthefollowingareas?Scale1(Verylow)–5(Veryhigh).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5/Meanvalues.

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61.2%

56.5%

50.5%

46.5%

44.8%

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3.60

3.56

3.52

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3.33

3.29

3.18

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ManagingonlinecommuniPes

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CommunicaPonprofessionalswithhighcapabiliPesMeanraPngofcapabiliPes(scale1-5)

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Professionalsworkinginagenciesandnon-profitorganisaPonsreportthehighestlevelofsocialmediaskills;companiesarelaggingbehind

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3.35

3.26

3.21

3.07

3.10

3.00

2.98

2.81

3.22

3.70

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3.64

3.56

3.52

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InterprePngsocialmediamonitoringdata

EvaluaPngsocialmediaacPviPes*ManagingonlinecommuniPes**

Knowinghowtoavoidrisksandhandlecrisesonsocialmedia**Developingsocialmediastrategies**Seongupsocialmediapladorms**

Knowingaboutsocialmediatrends**

Verylow Veryhigh3.0

38 38 38

OnlinecommunicaPonpracPPonersareaheadofpeersworkinginotherareas

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3.46

3.34

3.33

3.19

3.17

3.10

3.07

2.88

2.87

3.92

3.88

3.66

3.73

3.73

3.56

3.56

3.42

3.13

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Verylow Veryhigh3.0

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Country-by-countrycomparison:SocialmediacapabiliPesreportedbycommunicaPonpracPPonersinAsia-Pacific

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Australia(3.09)

China(3.33)

HongKong(2.95)

India(3.20)

Indonesia(3.43)

Japan(3.08)

Korea(3.22)

Malaysia(3.14)

NewZealand(2.95)

Philippines(3.37)

Singapore(3.16)

Taiwan(3.56)

Thailand(3.25)

Vietnam(3.33)

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SocialmediacapabiliPesofcommunicaPonpracPPonersinkeycountries

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Deliveringmessagesviasocialmedia

Knowingaboutsocialmediatrends

Knowinghowtoavoidrisksandhandlecriseson

socialmedia

Developingsocialmediastrategies

Seongupsocialmediapladorms

Australia 3.44 3.28 3.44 3.33 3.09

China 3.66 3.50 3.39 3.40 3.44

HongKong 3.23 3.27 3.08 3.07 2.98

India 3.49 3.52 3.23 3.40 3.32

Indonesia 3.41 3.65 3.65 3.78 3.33

Japan 3.24 3.29 3.47 3.10 2.90

Korea 3.52 3.64 3.58 3.39 3.00

Malaysia 3.50 3.39 3.10 3.23 2.98

NewZealand 3.34 3.23 3.23 2.98 2.85

Philippines 3.82 3.72 3.62 3.56 3.31

Singapore 3.46 3.44 3.39 3.28 3.27

Taiwan 3.78 3.89 3.58 3.53 3.53

Thailand 3.63 3.58 3.33 3.30 3.28

Vietnam 3.66 3.59 3.32 3.53 3.23

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SocialmediacapabiliPesofcommunicaPonpracPPonersinkeycountries(conPnued)

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EvaluaPngsocialmediaacPviPes

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data

IniPaPngweb-baseddialogueswithstakeholders

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media

Australia 2.88 2.92 2.95 2.74 2.87

China 3.33 3.28 3.34 2.91 3.05

HongKong 2.99 2.79 2.88 2.63 2.58

India 3.31 3.10 2.96 2.97 2.71

Indonesia 3.54 3.15 3.46 3.02 3.28

Japan 3.06 3.02 2.96 2.86 2.88

Korea 3.15 2.88 3.27 2.67 3.12

Malaysia 3.31 3.24 3.06 2.87 2.76

NewZealand 2.81 2.68 2.79 2.75 2.89

Philippines 3.49 3.10 3.36 2.90 2.87

Singapore 3.12 3.07 2.99 2.84 2.75

Taiwan 3.55 3.65 3.36 3.56 3.20

Thailand 3.18 3.27 3.12 2.90 2.96

Vietnam 3.27 3.41 3.22 3.00 3.11

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StrategicissuesandvaluecontribuAon

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GiventhefindingthatcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-PacificseesocialmediaandmobilecommunicaPonsasthemostimportantdevelopmentsinthefield,andthemodestlevelsofsocialmediaskillsandknowledgereported,itisperhapsnotsurprisingthatcopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandsocialwebisperceivedasthemostimportantissueforcommunicaPonmanagementinAsia-Pacificoverthenextthreeyears(53.1percent).ThiscontrastswithfindingsoftheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitorin2014and2015wherelinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPonwasseenasthemostimportantissueforcommunicaPonmanagement(Zerfassetal.,2014,2015).InAsiaPacific,linkingcommunicaPontobusinessstrategy,includingshowingthecontribuPonofcommunicaPontoorganisaPonaloutcomes,isseenasthesecondmostimportantissueforcommunicaPonmanagement(41.0percent).

Consultancies,agenciesandnon-profitorganisaPonsaremostconcernedaboutcopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandsocialweb,whilecompaniesaremostconcernedaboutlinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon,alongwithconsultanciesandagencieswhichsharethisconcern.CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandsocialwebisseenasmostimportantinthePhilippines,India,andChina,whilelinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPonisseenasmostimportantinJapan,Singapore,andVietnam.

CommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-PacificareatonewiththeirEuropeancolleaguesinseeingbuildingandmaintainingtrustasthethirdmostimportantissuesforcommunicaPonmanagement.Ofconcern,parPcularlyinlightoffindingsinrelaPontothetypesofmea-surementandevaluaPonundertakenasreportedinthenextsecPon,isthatimplemenPngadvancedmeasurementandevaluaPonisratedasthemostimportantissueformanagementbyonly15.7percentofcommunicaPonprofessionalsintheregion–anearidenPcalfindingtothatinthe2015Europeansurvey(Zerfassetal.,2015,p.40).WhenitcomestoexplainingthevalueofcommunicaPon,mostAsia-PacificcommunicaPonprofessionalsdosointermsofposiPveeffectsonreputaPon,organisaPonalcultureandbrands(79.8percent);theroleofcontentonthoughtleadershipfororganisaPonalgoals(70.1percent);andillustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningtostakeholdersandidenPfyingopportuniPes(67.7percent).ThepreviouspointappearstocontradictthefindingthatcommunicaPonprofessionalsarefocussedondeliveringmessagesratherthaniniPaPngdialoguewithstakeholders,asreportedunder‘SocialMediaSkillsandKnowledge’.However,listeningisreportedmainlyinconnecPonwith“idenPfyingopportuniPes”fortheorganisaPon–whatMacnamara(2014c,p.99;2016,p.236)callsan“instrumental”formoflisteningthatisprimarilyundertakentoservetheorganisaPon’sinterests.

ReputaPonisaparPcularlyhighpriorityinthePhilippines(92.3percent);NewZealand(86.8percent);Australia(86.5percent);Indonesia(82.6percent);Singapore(81.8percent);India(81.7percent);Malaysia(80.6percent);andJapan(80.4percent),followedcloselybyHongKong,Korea,andTaiwan.EconomicimpactismostimportantinthePhilippines(84.6percent),whiledemonstraPngthoughtleadershipisimportantinMalaysia(83.9percent);thePhilippines(76.9percent);HongKong(75.8percent);andIndia(75.6percent).Overall,only60.8percentofAsiaPacificcommunicaPonprofessionalsamempttodemonstrateposiPveeconomicconsequencessuchaseffectsonsalesoremployeemoPvaPonandproducPvity.

Chapteroverview

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MostimportantissuesforcommunicaPonmanagementinAsia-PacificunPl2018

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53.1%

41.0%

31.2%

30.4%

30.1%

29.7%

26.2%

19.3%

15.7%

12.6%

10.8%

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon

Buildingandmaintainingtrust

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

ImplemenPngadvancedmeasurementandevaluaPonrouPnes

SupporPngorganisaPonalchange

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPves

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MostimportantissuesforcommunicaPonmanagementindifferenttypesoforganisaPons

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52.5%

42.6%

31.3%

30.2%

30.4%

30.5%

25.6%

19.7%

47.6%

28.7%

25.2%

31.5%

31.5%

35.7%

35.7%

21.7%

59.1%

37.6%

25.8%

30.1%

30.1%

30.1%

24.7%

21.5%

55.2%

44.5%

35.5%

30.4%

28.8%

24.7%

23.4%

16.7%

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon

Buildingandmaintainingtrust

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

Companies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

Non-profitorganisaPons

Consultancies&Agencies

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51.3%

43.5%

28.2%

30.2%

33.1%

28.9%

26.9%

22.7%

56.7%

43.0%

33.6%

30.4%

29.1%

30.7%

22.3%

12.9%

51.2%

38.3%

31.0%

30.3%

28.8%

30.1%

29.5%

23.4%

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon

Buildingandmaintainingtrust

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

InternaPonalorganisaPonsbasedinAsia-Pacific

InternaPonalorganisaPonsheadquarteredelsewhere

NaPonalorlocalorganisaPons

OrganisaPonswithdifferentregionalbackgroundandscoperateimportantissuesmostlysimilar–butCSR,transparency,andtrustarevalueddifferently

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47 47 47

Country-to-countryrelevanceofkeyissues

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Australia

China

HongKong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Korea

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NewZealand

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Singapore

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0%

70%

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Country-to-countryrankingofmostimportantissuesforcommunicaPonmanagementunPl2018

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Australia China HongKong India Indonesia Japan Korea

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

1.(44.9%) 1.(58.7%) 1.(57.0%) 1.(67.7%) 1.(52.2%) 3.(35.3%) 3.(39.4%)

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon 2.(39.7%) 2.(40.4%) 2.(39.1%) 2.(48.8%) 2.(43.5%) 1.(66.7%) 6.(27.3%)

Buildingandmaintainingtrust 7.(24.4%) 3.(36.5%) 4.(32.8%) 4.(29.9%) 4.(37.0%) 2.(43.1%) 1.(51.5%)

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

4.(35.9%) 7.(22.1%) 3.(35.9%) 5.(28.7%) 5.(23.9%) 8.(17.6%) 8.(15.2%)

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

6.(27.6%) 6.(25.0%) 6.(29.7%) 3.(32.9%) 3.(43.5%) 4.(25.5%) 2.(42.4%)

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

3.(39.7%) 4.(29.8%) 5.(31.3%) 6.(25.6%) 10.(10.9%) 4.(25.5%) 7.(24.2%)

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

5.(28.2%) 5.(26.9%) 7.(21.9%) 7.(18.9%) 6.(23.9%) 10.(13.7%) 4.(30.3%)

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

10.(7.1%) 8.(21.2%) 9.(13.3%) 9.(15.2%) 7.(23.9%) 6.(23.5%) 4.(30.3%)

ImplemenPngadvancedmeasurementandevaluaPonrouPnes

9.(21.8%) 10.(13.5%) 8.(15.6%) 8.(16.5%) 8.(21.7%) 11.(11.8%) 10.(12.1%)

SupporPngorganisaPonalchange 8.(23.7%) 11.(10.6%) 10.(12.5%) 11.(5.5%) 11.(4.3%) 7.(21.6%) 10.(12.1%)

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPves

11.(7.1%) 9.(15.4%) 11.(10.9%) 10.(10.4%) 9.(15.2%) 9.(15.7%) 9.(15.2%)

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Country-to-countryrankingofmostimportantissuesforcommunicaPonmanagementunPl2018(conPnued)

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Malaysia NewZealand Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Vietnam

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

1.(54.8%) 1.(52.8%) 1.(69.2%) 1.(53.3%) 1.(49.1%) 1.(46.3%) 2.(42.2%)

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon 2.(35.5%) 7.(22.6%) 8.(17.9%) 2.(43.1%) 2.(38.2%) 2.(38.8%) 1.(45.6%)

Buildingandmaintainingtrust 7.(24.2%) 6.(24.5%) 4.(30.8%) 7.(24.1%) 8.(23.6%) 3.(32.8%) 3.(41.1%)

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

2.(35.5%) 2.(45.3%) 3.(35.9%) 5.(30.7%) 4.(34.5%) 3.(32.8%) 6.(24.4%)

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

2.(35.5%) 5.(26.4%) 7.(23.1%) 3.(37.2%) 6.(27.3%) 7.(28.4%) 7.(21.1%)

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

5.(33.9%) 4.(37.7%) 6.(25.6%) 4.(32.8%) 5.(32.7%) 5.(31.3%) 8.(17.8%)

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

6.(29.0%) 2.(47.2%) 5.(28.2%) 6.(28.5%) 7.(25.5%) 8.(23.9%) 5.(30,0%)

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

8.(19.4%) 8.(15.1%) 2.(38.5%) 10.(10.2%) 2.(38.2%) 6.(29.9%) 4.(34.4%)

ImplemenPngadvancedmeasurementandevaluaPonrouPnes

9.(12.9%) 9.(13.2%) 9.(15.4%) 8.(18.2%) 11.(7.3%) 10.(11.9%) 10.(14.4%)

SupporPngorganisaPonalchange 10.(9.7%) 10.(9.4%) 10.(10.3%) 10.(10.2%) 9.(14.5%) 11.(10.4%) 8.(17.8%)

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPves

10.(9.7%) 11.(5.7%) 11.(5.1%) 9.(11.7%) 10.(9.1%) 9.(13.4%) 11.(11.1%)

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ExplainingcommunicaPonvalue:HowprofessionalsinAsia-PacificarguefortherelevanceofcommunicaPontotopexecuPvesor(internal)clients

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79.8%

70.1%

67.7%

60.8%

57.8%

56.6%

ExplainingposiPveeffectsofgoodreputaPon,organisaPonalcultureandbrands

Explainingtheroleofcontentand‘thoughtleadership’fororganisaPonalgoals

IllustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningtostakeholdersandidenPfyingopportuniPes

DemonstraPngposiPveeconomicconsequences(i.e.effectsonsalesoremployeemoPvaPon)

RemindingofthreatscausedbytroubledrelaPonshipsandcommunicaPoncrises

PoinPngoutthedemandforcommunicaPonandtransparencybythemassmedia

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3.723.43

3.69

3.92

3.69

3.67

3.26

3.30

3.40

4.24

3.99

3.94

3.85

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

Non-profitorganisaPons

Consultancies&Agencies

DemonstraPngposiPveeconomicconsequences**

ExplainingposiPveeffectsofgoodreputaPon,organisaPonalcultureandbrands

Explainingtheroleofcontentand‘thoughtleadership’fororganisaPonalgoals*

IllustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningtostakeholdersandidenPfyingopportuniPes

PoinPngoutthedemandforcommunicaPonandtransparencybythemassmedia

RemindingofthreatscausedbytroubledrelaPonshipsandcommunicaPoncrises**

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPon:significantdifferencesbetweenvarioustypesoforganisaPons

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Never Always3.0

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ExplainingposiPveeffectsofgoodreputaPon,

organisaPonalcultureandbrands

Explainingtheroleofcontentand

‘thoughtleadership’fororganisaPonal

goals

IllustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningto

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RemindingofthreatscausedbytroubledrelaPonships

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PoinPngoutthedemandfor

communicaPonandtransparencybythemassmedia

Australia 82.2% 67.1% 82.2% 74.0% 52.1% 42.5%

China 74.2% 59.7% 64.5% 50.0% 56.5% 54.8%

HongKong 76.9% 73.6% 53.8% 59.3% 54.9% 48.4%

India 86.5% 77.9% 69.2% 65.4% 51.0% 64.4%

Japan 72.7% 57.6% 45.5% 48.5% 57.6% 45.5%

Malaysia 82.9% 88.6% 62.9% 68.6% 57.1% 60.0%

CommunicaPonvalueexplainedbyprofessionalsindifferentcountries

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ExplainingposiPveeffectsofgoodreputaPon,

organisaPonalcultureandbrands

Explainingtheroleofcontentand

‘thoughtleadership’fororganisaPonal

goals

IllustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningto

stakeholdersandidenPfying

opportuniPes

DemonstraPngposiPveeconomicconsequences(e.g.effectson

salesoremployeemoPvaPon)

RemindingofthreatscausedbytroubledrelaPonships

andcommunicaPon

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PoinPngoutthedemandfor

communicaPonandtransparencybythemassmedia

NewZealand 72.7% 81.8% 72.7% 63.6% 54.5% 27.3%

Philippines 92.6% 77.8% 81.5% 92.6% 77.8% 85.2%

Singapore 79.7% 75.9% 73.4% 68.4% 46.8% 55.7%

Taiwan 76.2% 61.9% 81.0% 66.7% 57.1% 66.7%

Thailand 82.5% 75.0% 70.0% 60.0% 47.5% 62.5%

Vietnam 69.8% 62.8% 48.8% 58.1% 58.1% 53.5%

CommunicaPonvalueexplainedbyprofessionalsindifferentcountries(conPnued)

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MeasurementandevaluaAonincommunicaAondepartments

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MeasurementandevaluaPonhasbeenalong-runningdebateandchallengeinprofessionalcommunicaPonpracPce,asreportedbyLikelyandWatson(2013),Macnamara(2015b),Watson(2012),WatsonandNoble(2014),andothers.OverthepastfiveyearstheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitorhasreviewedmeasurementandevaluaPonbasedonfourstages–inputs,outputs,outcomes,andoudlows(DPRG&ICV,2011;Zerfass,2010;Watson&Noble,2014).Toallowglobalcomparison,thisframeworkwasusedinexaminingtheviewsandpracPcesofAsia-PacificcommunicaPonprofessionalsinrelaPontomeasurementandevaluaPon–althoughitisnotedthatsomeresearcherssplitoutcomesintodirectoutcomesandorganisaPonalorbusinessoutcomes,thelamerbeingthesameaswhatotherscalloudlows(GCS,2015;PRIA,2014).SomeaddoumakestothemodelanddefinefourormorestagesofcommunicaPonmanagementincludinginputs,outputs,oumakes,outcomes,andoudlowsorimpact(GCS,2015;Macnamara,2015b;PRIA,2014).

GregoryandWatson(2008)noteda“stasis”inmeasurementandevaluaPonand,morerecently,MichaelsonandStacksreportedthat“publicrelaPonspracPPonershaveconsistentlyfailedtoachieveconsensusonwhatthebasicevaluaPvemeasuresareorhowtoconducttheunderlyingresearchforevaluaPngandmeasuringpublicrelaPonsperformance”(2011,p.1).WrightandHinson(2012)foundthatthatthislackofresearchhasconPnuedintheeraofsocialmedia.

ThisisevidentinAsia-Pacificaswell.MediaclippingsandresponseremainthepredominantmethodofmeasurementandevaluaPon,usedby85.6percentofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacific.ThisexceedstherelianceonclippingsandmediaresponseinEuropewhere82.4percentofprofessionalsrelyonthesemethods(Zerfassetal.,2015,p.72).Asia-PacificcommunicaPonprofessionalsalsorelyheavilyonotheroutputmeasuresincludinginternet/intranetuse(67.8percent)andinternalclientsaPsfacPon(66.2percent).

Thesecondmostusedmetricisunderstandingofkeymessages(74.4percent),and65.5percentmeasurestakeholdersaotudesandbehaviourchange,whichthe‘communicaPoncontrolling’modelofevaluaPondescribesasoutcomes.SomeotherevaluaPonmodelsdescribetheseasoumakesordirectoutcomes(asdisPnctfromorganisaPonaloutcomesorimpact).

Overall,mostfocusinmeasurementandevaluaPonisonoutputssuchasproducPonofcontentandmediacoverage(76.7percent),followedbydirectoutcomessuchasuPlisaPonofinformaPon,percepPons,andknowledge(74.7percent).OnlyslightlymorethanhalfofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacificmeasurevalueatanoudlowlevelsuchasimpactonstrategicand/orfinancialtargetsortangibleorintangibleresources.Lessthantwo-thirdofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacificevaluateaudienceopinion,aotudes,orbehaviouraldisposiPon(e.g.,intenPons).

AnimportantfactoristhatmostcommunicaPonprofessionalsconductmeasurementandevaluaPontoreportthesuccessofcommunicaPonacPviPes,withonly68.5percentusingthisresearchtoprovideinsightstoinformplanning.This“lookingbackwards”approachhasbeenchallengedbyMacnamara(2015b)inhisMAIEmodelofevaluaPon,whichproposesmuchgreateremphasisonusingevaluaPonresearchtoprovideinsightstoinformorganisaPonstrategy.

Whilemediamonitoringtocollectclippingsandmeasuremediaresponseiso�enoutsourced(27.8percent),mostmethodsofmeasurementandevaluaPonareconductedin-houseinAsiaPacific.

Chapteroverview

56 56 56

86%

74%68%66%65%65%

56%55%48%46%

MeasurementandevaluaPon:HowcommunicaPondepartmentsassesstheeffecPvenessoftheiracPviPes

Input Output Outcome Outflow

Itemsmonitoredormeasured

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57 57 57

ManyorganisaPonsinAsia-PacificfocusonlyonasmallpartoftheoverallprocesswhenmeasuringcommunicaPonacPviPes

ResultsofcommunicaPon

processes

Output

Outcome

InternalOutput

ProcessefficiencyQuality

ExternalOutput

CoverageContent

DirectOutcome

PercepPonUPlisaPonKnowledge

IndirectOutcome

OpinionAotudesEmoPon

BehavioralDisposiPonBehavior

Resources

PersonnelcostsOutsourcingcosts

Input

ValueCreaAon

Impactonstrategicand/orfinancialtargets(valuechain)

Impactontangibleand/or

intangibleressources(capital

accumulaPon)

OuTlow

ORGANISATION

CommunicaPonprocessesIniPaPonofcommunicaPonprocesses

MEDIA/CHANNELS STAKEHOLDERS ORGANISATION

55.2% 56.9% 76.7% 74.7% 65.5% 55.3%

66.8%

69.9%

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72.2%

87.0%

89.1%

92.3%

92.9%

94.8%

95.9%

97.2%

97.4%

97.6%

27.8%

13.0%

10.9%

7.7%

7.1%

5.2%

4.1%

2.8%

2.6%

2.4%

Clippingsandmediaresponse

Stakeholderaotudesandbehaviourchange

Impactonintangible/tangibleresources(i.e.economicbrandvalue)

Understandingofkeymessages

Internet/IntranetUse

SaPsfacPonof(internal)clients

Impactonfinancial/strategictargets(i.e.withscorecards,strategymaps)

Financialcostsforprojects

Processquality(internalworkflow)

Personnelcostsforprojects

In-house Externalsupport

CommunicaPonmeasurementacPviPesundertakenin-houseandsupportedexternally

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Country-by-countrycomparisonofoudlowmeasurementincommunicaPons

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Australia(44.7%|46.9%)

China(66.3%|53.8%)

HongKong(50.5%|41,0%

India(64.3%|60,0%

Indonesia(40.6%|46.9%)

Japan(71.1%|76.1%)

Korea(44.4%|34.2%)

Malaysia(69.7%|65.6%)

NewZealand(53.4%|52.9%)

Philippines(51.5%|58.8%)

Singapore(53.6%|58.9%)

Taiwan(57.9%|63.8%)

Impactonintangible/tangibleresources(i.e.economicbrandvalue)

Impactonfinancial/strategictargets(i.e.withscorecards,strategymaps)

0%

70%

60 60 60

Measurementinsights:onlytwothirdsofthecommunicaPondepartmentsuseevaluaPondataformanagingfutureacPviPes

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72.5%

68.5%

67.6%

66.9%

58.5%

3.96

3.84

3.82

3.79

3.59

EvaluaPngthesuccessofcommunicaPonacPviPes

PlanningupcomingcommunicaPonacPviPes

ReflecPnggoalsanddirecPonsofcommunicaPonstrategies

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPvesand(internal)clients

LeadingcommunicaPonteamsandsteeringagencies/serviceproviders

Means(scale1-5)

Never Always3.0

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NosignificantdifferencesfortheuseofmeasurementinsightsinvarioustypesoforganisaPons

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4.04

3.92

3.92

3.87

3.69

3.66

3.77

3.66

3.63

3.35

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

Non-profitorganisaPons

ReflecPnggoalsanddirecPonsofcommunicaPonstrategies

EvaluaPngthesuccessofcommunicaPonacPviPes

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LeadingcommunicaPonteamsandsteeringagencies/serviceproviders

3.5 4.0Never Always3.0

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JobsaAsfacAon

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Chapteroverview

SaPsfiedemployeesaregenerallyconsideredasanimportantdriverforindividualandorganisaPonalperformance(Judgeetal.,2001).InAsia-Pacific,overalljobsaPsfacPonamongcommunicaPonprofessionalsisfairlyhighwiththemajorityofrespondents(65.4percent)reporPngthattheyaresaPsfiedwiththeirjobs.Another22.8percentareneutraland11.7percentaredissaPsfiedwiththeircurrentsituaPon.Thispamernisquitecomparableacrossthecountries.HoweverthePhilippinesandJapanreportslightlyhigherlevelsofsaPsfacPonincomparaPveterms,withaboutthreeoutoffoursayingtheyaresaPsfiedwiththeirjobs.

Lookingintodetails,itisobviousthatthemajorityofcommunicatorsdonotviewtheirownsalaryasbeingadequate.ButthisisbalancedbytheenjoymentofinteresPngtasksandrecogniPonfromsuperiorsorclients.TaskinteresPngnessisratedespeciallyhighinAustraliaandthePhilippines,whilethepercepPonofinadequatesalariesandlackofjobsecurityisnotablyprevalentinSouthKorea.

AcorrelaPonanalysisindicatesthatoveralljobsaPsfacPonisdrivenmorebyinteresPngtasks,greatercareeropportuniPes,jobstatusandrecogniPonbysuperiorsandclientsthanbysalarylevels,jobsecurityorwork-lifebalance.InteresPngly,therankingofthosedriversreflectsexactlythesituaPoninEurope(Zerfassetal.,2014,p.38),thoughtheexactstrengthofinfluenceforeachfactordiffersbetweentheconPnents.

AmongstdifferenttypesoforganisaPons,respondentsfromnon-profitorganisaPonsreportmosto�enaboutinteresPngandmanifoldtasks.ThoseprofessionalsarealsoaheadregardingtheappreciaPonbyclientsandsuperiorsandtheirownwork-lifebalance.RespondentsfromgovernmentalorganisaPonsreportmosto�enabouthighjobsecurityandadequatesalary.ProfessionalsworkinginlistedandprivatecompaniesratethesesamefactorslowestamongstalltypesoforganisaPons.

TherearestarkdifferencesamongrankandfileintermsoffacetsofjobsaPsfacPon,withHeadsofCommunicaPonsandagencyCEOsreporPnghigherlevelsofjobsaPsfacPonthanunitleaders,whointurnaremoreposiPvethanteammembers.Forinstance,withregardstotheinteresPngnessoftasks,thetoplevelagreedstronglywithameanscoreof4.24onascalerangingfrom1to5,whileunitleadersreportedalower3.74meanscoreandteammembers/consultantsrespondedwitha3.68score.Similartrendswereobservedamongstagegroupswitholdestrespondents(above60years)providinghighsaPsfacPonraPngsinalldimensionsinvesPgatedandtheyoungestgroup(below29)reporPnglowestlevels.Thosebelow29yearsoldarehoweveropPmisPcaboutpotenPaljobopportuniPeswithscoresroughlymatchingtheirmiddle-agedcounterparts.Middle-agedrespondentsbetweentheagebandsof30and59yearsgenerallyfellinbetweentheyoungestandeldestcohortsintermsofjobsaPsfacPonlevels.

64 64 64

11.7%

NotsaPsfiedwiththejob

22.8%

Neutral 65.4%

SaPsfiedwiththejob

MostcommunicaPonpracPPonersinAsia-PacificaresaPsfiedwiththeirjob

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,183PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Percentages:Agreementbasedonscalepoints1-2(NotsaPsfied),3(neutral),4-5(saPsfied).

65 65 65

OveralljobsaPsfacPonamongcommunicaPonprofessionalsinkeycountries

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,174PRprofessionalsin14countries.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvaluesforcountries.MeanforoverallAsia-Pacificsample=3.89.

Australia(3.86)

China(3.64)

HongKong(3.66)

India(3.77)

Indonesia(3.72)

Japan(3.98)

Korea(3.59)

Malaysia(3.67)

NewZealand(3.74)

Philippines(4.08)

Singapore(3.69)

Taiwan(3.56)

Thailand(3.76)

Vietnam(3.64) 5.00

5.00

1.00

66 66 66

LessthanahalfofthecommunicaPonpracPPonersfindtheirsalaryadequate–butmostrespondentsenjoyinteresPngtasksandsocialrecogniPon

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,183PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Percentages:Frequencybasedonscalepoints4-5.

73.8%

70.3%

58.8%

53.8%

52.0%

48.0%

46.0%

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork

Myjobissecureandstable

Thejobhasahighstatus

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright

Thesalaryisadequate

67 67 67

JobsituaPonofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinkeycountries

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,174PRprofessionalsin14countries.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.

Australia China HongKong India Indonesia Japan Korea

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold

4.12 3.78 3.84 3.98 4.04 3.84 3.66

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork

3.90 3.66 3.73 3.94 3.83 3.84 3.34

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes 3.30 3.45 3.21 3.59 3.74 3.45 3.56

Myjobissecureandstable 3.63 3.69 3.72 3.72 3.46 3.49 2.81

Thejobhasahighstatus 3.53 3.40 3.41 3.74 3.72 3.47 3.16

Thesalaryisadequate 3.59 3.15 3.34 3.01 3.50 3.24 2.81

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright 3.23 3.26 3.24 3.37 3.63 3.18 3.00

68 68 68

JobsituaPonofcommunicaPonprofessionalsinkeycountries(conPnued)

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,174PRprofessionalsin14countries.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.

Malaysia NewZealand Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Vietnam

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold

3.88 3.92 4.36 3.95 3.96 3.91 3.91

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork

3.78 3.96 3.97 3.87 3.87 3.98 3.73

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes 3.38 3.40 3.82 3.33 3.44 3.79 3.73

Myjobissecureandstable 3.60 3.77 4.10 3.60 3.47 3.73 3.39

Thejobhasahighstatus 3.40 3.43 4.05 3.46 3.56 3.62 3.54

Thesalaryisadequate 3.28 3.51 3.64 3.33 3.24 3.21 3.28

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright 3.28 3.57 3.97 3.29 3.25 3.50 3.35

69 69 69

ModeratedriversofjobsaPsfacPon

Work-lifebalance(r=0.399)

Jobsecurityandstability(r=0.426)

Adequatesalary

(r=0.470)

StrongdriversofjobsaPsfacPon

Statusofthejob

(r=0.523)

AppreciaPonfrom

superiorsand

(internal)clients

(r=0.533)

GreatcareeropportuniPes(r=0.544)

InteresPngandmanifoldtasks

(r=0.561)

DriversofjobsaPsfacPonforcommunicaPonprofessionalsinAsia-Pacific

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,183PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).PearsoncorrelaPonbasedonoverallsaPsfacPonasmetricvariable(highlysignificant,p≤0.01).

70 70 70

JobsaPsfacPondriversinvarioustypesoforganisaPons

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=889PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(ANOVA/Scheffepost-hoctest,p≤0.01).

3.58

3.35

3.87

3.69

3.76

3.46

3.30

3.31

4.03

3.92

3.59

3.42

3.56

3.22

Companies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

Non-profitorganisaPons

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold

Thesalaryisadequate

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes**

Thejobhasahighstatus

Myjobissecureandstable

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork

Stronglydisagree

3.0 Stronglyagree

71 71 71

3.68

3.51

3.42

3.14

3.17

3.31

3.04

3.74

3.67

3.47

3.41

3.31

3.24

3.14

4.24

4.10

3.84

3.81

3.70

3.41

3.51

Teammember/consultant

UnitLeader

HeadofcommunicaPon

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold**

Thesalaryisadequate**

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes**

Thejobhasahighstatus**

Myjobissecureandstable**

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork**

DriversofjobsaPsfacPonarecorrelatedwiththehierarchicalposiPon

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,123PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

Stronglydisagree

3.0 Stronglyagree

72 72 72

3.89

3.84

3.57

3.54

3.44

3.33

3.33

3.99

3.84

3.66

3.53

3.50

3.35

3.28

Male Female

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold

Thesalaryisadequate

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes

Thejobhasahighstatus

Myjobissecureandstable

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork

ConsistentpamernsofjobsaPsfacPonacrossbothgenders

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,183PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.NostaPsPcallysignificantdifferences.

Stronglydisagree

3.0 Stronglyagree

73 73 73

EldercommunicaPonprofessionalsreportahigherjobsaPsfacPon

3.69

3.49

3.42

3.23

3.43

3.11

2.94

4.20

4.16

3.88

3.88

3.90

3.78

3.70

29oryounger

30-39

40-49

50-59

60orolder

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold**

Thesalaryisadequate**

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright**

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes

Thejobhasahighstatus**

Myjobissecureandstable*

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork**

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=1,183PRprofessionals.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Stronglyagree).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).*Significantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.05).

Stronglydisagree

3.0 Stronglyagree

74

CharacterisAcsofexcellentcommunicaAonfuncAons

75 75 75

Chapteroverview

ThesurveyusedamethodintroducedinpreviousediPonsoftheEuropeanCommunicaPonMonitor(Zerfassetal.,2014,2015)toidenPfythemostexcellentcommunicaPondepartmentswithinthesample.Theapproachcombinesself-assessmentsofcommunicaPonprofessionalswithstaPsPcalanalyses.ItdiffersfromnormaPveconceptsofexcellence(Grunig,1992;Grunigetal.,2002)butleadstocomparableoverallresults(Verčič&Zerfass,2015).

ExcellenceisbasedontheinternalstandingofthecommunicaPondepartmentwithintheorganisaPon(influence)andexternalresultsofthecommunicaPondepartment’sacPviPesinaddiPontoitsbasicqualificaPons(performance).Eachofthesetwocomponentswerecalculatedonthebasisoffourdimensions,thefirstonadvisoryinfluence(whereseniormanagerstaketherecommendaPonsofthecommunicaPonfuncPonseriously)andexecuPveinfluence(wherecommunicaPonwilllikelybeinvitedtosenior-levelmeePngsdealingwithorganisaPonalstrategicplanning),andthesecondonoverallcommunicaPonsuccess(wherethecommunicaPonoftheorganisaPonissuccessful)anddepartmentcompetence(wherethequalityofthecommunicaPonfuncPonisbemercomparedtothoseofcompePngorganisaPons).OnlyorganisaPonsclearlyoutperforminginallfourdimensionsareconsideredasexcellentinthebenchmarkexercise.

Basedonthismeasure,24.4percentofthesampleddepartmentsacrossAsia-Pacificwerequalifiedasexcellent.WhencomparingthespreadofoverallexcellenceacrossdifferenttypesoforganisaPontypes,non-profitsleadthefield(28.0percent)withjointstockcompaniesslightlybehind(27.0percent).Privatecompaniesandgovernmentaldepartmentslagbehindat22.9percentand16.1percentrespecPvely.InteresPngly,inbreakingdowntheexcellencecomponents,intermsofinfluencethecommunicaPondepartmentsinjointstockcompanies(43.7percent)andprivatecompanies(42.9percent)farebemerthannon-profits(40.9percent)andgovernmentalorganisaPons(36.4percent).Similartrendsemergedintheothersub-fields.ThismeansthatmanycorporatecommunicaPondepart-mentsaregoodinsomeoftheaspectsinvesPgated,butnotinalldimensionsatthesamePme–non-profitsaremorebalancedoverall.

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsaremorelikelytobeledbyachiefcommunicaPonofficerwhoisamemberoftheexecuPveboardorreportsdirectlytotheCEOorhighestdecisionmaker.ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsuseabroadvarietyofraPonales(suchasreputaPonaleffects,thoughtleadershipandcrisispreparedness)toexplainthevalueofcommunicaPon.Excellentcommunica-PondepartmentsdoabemerjobinallfacetsofmonitoringandmeasurementtheeffecPvenessofcommunicaPonmanagement.TheyarebemerinassessingbusinessimpactandstakeholderreacPons.ThesedepartmentsalsousemeasurementinsightsmorefrequentlyformanagingtheiracPviPes.Theycollaboratewithmassmediaandtheirproductsmorefrequentlyandintensively,andtheyemployprofes-sionalswithstrongerlevelsofsocialmediaskills,especiallyintheareasofstrategydevelopmentanddialogicalapproachesforthesocialweb.Lastbutnotleast,professionalsworkinginexcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsaresignificantlymoresaPsfiedwiththeirjobs.

76 76 76

IdenPfyingexcellentcommunicaPondepartments

EXCELLENCECommunicaPondepartmentsinorganisaPonswhichoutperformothersinthefield

INFLUENCEInternalstandingofthecommunicaPondepartment

withintheorganisaPon

ADVISORYINFLUENCE(Q15)

SeniormanagerstakerecommendaPonsofthecommunicaPonfuncPon

(very)seriously

EXECUTIVEINFLUENCE(Q16)

CommunicaPonwill(very)likelybeinvitedtosenior-levelmeePngsdealingwith

organisaPonalstrategicplanning

PERFORMANCEExternalresultsofthecommunicaPondepartment’s

acPviPesanditsbasicqualificaPons

SUCCESS(Q17)

ThecommunicaPonoftheorganisaPoningeneralis

(very)successful

COMPETENCE(Q18)

ThequalityandabilityofthecommunicaPonfuncPonis(much)

bemercomparedtothoseofcompePngorganisaPons

Sta/s/calanalysesareusedtoiden/fyexcellentorganisa/ons,basedonbenchmarkingapproachesandself-assessmentsknownfromqualitymanagement

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/Q15-18/OnlyorganisaPonsoutperforminginallfourdimensions(scalepoints6-7ona7-point-scale)willbeconsideredas“excellent”inthebenchmarkexercisecomparingdistribuPonandcharacterisPcsoforganisaPons,funcPonsandcommunicaPonprofessionals.SeeZerfassetal.2014,2015,andVercic&Zerfass,2015,foradescripPonofthemethod.

77 77 77

OthercommunicaPondepartments

75.6%

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

24.4%

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Advisoryinfluence,Q15:InyourorganisaPon,howseriouslydoseniormanagerstaketherecommendaPonsofthecommunicaPonfuncPon?ExecuPveinfluence,Q16:HowlikelyisitthatcommunicaPonwouldbeinvitedtosenior-levelmeePngsdealingwithorganisaPonalstrategicplanning?Success,Q17:Inyouropinion,howsuccessfulisthecommunicaPonofyourorganisaPoningeneral?Competence,Q18:HowwouldyouesPmatethequalityandabilityofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninyourorganisaPoncomparedtothoseofcompePtors?Scale1−7.Percentages:ExcellentcommunicaPonfuncPonsbasedonscalepoints6-7foreachquesPon.

1.4%2.9%

3.9% 13.1% 23.8% 32.5% 22.4%

Advisoryinfluence

Notseriouslyatall(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Veryseriously

1.8%4.0%

5.4% 13.8% 21.9% 29.6% 23.5%

ExecuPveinfluence

(1)Never (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Always

1.1%3.8%

7.5% 13.9% 31.4% 34.3% 8.0%

Success

Notsuccessfulatall(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Verysuccessful

1.3%3.3%

7.2% 14.1% 27.2% 30.0% 16.9%

Competence

Muchworse(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Muchbemer

78 78 78

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsindifferenttypesoforganisaPons:Non-profitorganisaPonsareleadingthefield

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.ExcellencebasedonadvisoryandexecuPveinfluenceofthecommunicaPonfuncPonwithintheorganisaPonanditsperformance(successandcompetence);seepage76.

28.0%

27.0%

22.9%

16.1%

72.0%

73.0%

77.1%

83.9%

0% 100%

Non-profitorganisaPons

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments OthercommunicaPondepartments

79 79 79

InfluenceofcommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Advisoryinfluence,Q15:InyourorganisaPon,howseriouslydoseniormanagerstaketherecommendaPonsofthecommunicaPonfuncPon?Scale1(notseriously)−7(veryseriously).ExecuPveinfluence,Q16:HowlikelyisitthatcommunicaPonwouldbeinvitedtosenior-levelmeePngsdealingwithorganisaPonalstrategicplanning?Scale1(never)−7(always).Percentages:InfluenPalcommunicaPonfuncPons,basedonscalepoints6-7forQ15andQ16.

43.7%

42.9%

40.9%

36.4%

56.3%

57.1%

59.1%

63.6%

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

Non-profitorganisaPons

GovernmentalorganisaPons

InfluenPalcommunicaPondepartments Others

80 80 80

PerformanceofcommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Highperformance:scalepoints6-7forQ24(success)andQ25(competence).Goodperformance:scalepoints5-7and5-7,butnotalways6-7forQ24andQ25.Others:otherscalepoints.

36.7%

34.4%

30.7%

25.9%

30.0%

24.7%

36.6%

35.7%

33.3%

40.9%

32.7%

38.5%

Jointstockcompanies

Non-profitorganisaPons

Privatecompanies

GovernmentalorganisaPons

HighperformingcommunicaPondepartments GoodperformingcommunicaPondepartments Others

81 81 81

SuccessfulcommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q17:Inyouropinion,howsuccessfulisthecommunicaPonofyourorganisaPoningeneral?Scale1(notsuccessfulatall)−7(verysuccessful).Percentages:SuccessfulcommunicaPngdepartmentsbasedonscalepoints6-7.

46.1%

39.5%

37.1%

37.6%

53.9%

60.5%

62.9%

62.4%

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

Non-profitorganisaPons

GovernmentalorganisaPons

SuccessfulcommunicaPondepartments Others

82 82 82

CompetenceincommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q18:HowwouldyouesPmatethequalityandabilityofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninyourorganisaPoncomparedtothoseofcompePtors?Scale1(muchworse)−7(muchbemer).Percentages:CompetentcommunicaPngdepartmentsbasedonscalepoints6-7.

49.6%

45.9%

41.3%

44.1%

50.4%

54.1%

58.7%

55.9%

Jointstockcompanies

Privatecompanies

Non-profitorganisaPons

GovernmentalorganisaPons

CompetentcommunicaPondepartments Others

83 83 83

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsaremuchcloserlinkedtotopmanagement

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q14:WithinyourorganisaPon,thetopcommunicaPonmanagerorchiefcommunicaPonofficerisamemberoftheexecuPveboard,reportsdirectlytotheCEO/highestdecision-makerontheexecuPveboardordoesnotreportdirectlytotheCEO/highestdecision-maker.Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01,τ=0.114).

20.0%

16.4%

67.3%

57.1%

12.7%

26.4%

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

OthercommunicaPondepartments

Thetopcommunica/onmanager/chiefcommunica/onofficer...

isamemberoftheexecuPveboard(stronglyalignedfuncPon)

reportsdirectlytotheCEOorhighestdecision-makerontheexecuPveboard(alignedcommunicaPonfuncPon)

doesnotreportdirectlytotheCEOorhighestdecision-maker(weaklyalignedfuncPon)

84 84 84

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsarelessconcernedaboutaligningandexplainingtheiracPviPes,butfocusedonCSRanddigitalchallenges

56.4%

35.9%

28.6%

29.1%

33.2%

30.0%

29.5%

25.0%

15.9%

10.9%

5.5%

51.1%

41.1%

32.2%

31.0%

29.5%

29.7%

26.3%

18.6%

13.7%

14.7%

12.2%

CopingwiththedigitalevoluPonandthesocialweb

LinkingbusinessstrategyandcommunicaPon

Matchingtheneedtoaddressmoreaudiencesandchannelswithlimitedresources

StrengtheningtheroleofthecommunicaPonfuncPoninsupporPngtop-managementdecisionmaking

DealingwiththespeedandvolumeofinformaPonflow

Buildingandmaintainingtrust

DealingwiththedemandformoretransparencyandacPveaudiences

Dealingwithsustainabledevelopmentandsocialresponsibility

ImplemenPngadvancedmeasurementandevaluaPonrouPnes

SupporPngorganisaPonalchange

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPves

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

OthercommunicaPondepartments

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q3:Pleasepickthree(3)issueswhichyoubelievewillbemostimportantforpublicrelaPons/communicaPonmanagementwithinthenextthreeyears!

Mostimportantissuesforcommunica/onmanagementun/l2018

85 85 85

4.36

4.02

4.01

3.89

3.70

3.74

4.03

3.72

3.70

3.52

3.46

3.44

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

OthercommunicaPondepartments

DemonstraPngposiPveeconomicconsequences**

ExplainingposiPveeffectsofgoodreputaPon,organisaPonalcultureandbrands**

Explainingtheroleofcontentand‘thoughtleadership’fororganisaPonalgoals**

IllustraPngthebenefitsoflisteningtostakeholdersandidenPfyingopportuniPes**

PoinPngoutthedemandforcommunicaPonandtransparencybythemassmedia**

RemindingofthreatscausedbytroubledrelaPonshipsandcommunicaPoncrises**

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPon:excellentdepartmentsuseabroadvarietyofraPonalesmoreo�en

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q6:HowdoyouusuallyarguefortherelevanceofstrategiccommunicaPonwhenaddressingtopexecuPvesand(internal)clients?Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

Never 3.0 Always

86 86 86

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsdoabemerjobatmonitoringandmeasuringtheeffecPvenessofcommunicaPonmanagement

4.37

3.90

3.82

3.70

3.76

3.63

3.38

3.33

3.23

3.21

4.61

4.49

3.97

4.25

4.00

4.22

3.88

3.88

3.65

3.52

OthercommunicaPondepartments

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

Stakeholderaotudesandbehaviourchange**

Clippingsandmediaresponse**Understandingofkeymessages**

Impactonfinancial/strategictargets**

Personnelcostsforprojects**

Processquality(internalworkflow)**

Impactonintangible/tangibleresources**

Internet/Intranetuse**

SaPsfacPonof(internal)clients**

Financialcostsforprojects

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=847PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q7:WhichitemsaremonitoredormeasuredbyyourorganisaPontoassesstheeffecPvenessofcommunicaPonmanagement/publicrelaPons?Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

Never 3.0 Always

87 87 87

ItemsmonitoredormeasuredExcellent

communicaPondepartmentsOther

communicaPondepartments Δ

Impactonintangible/tangibleresources(i.e.economicbrandvalue)** 3.88 3.38 0.50

Impactonfinancial/strategictargets(i.e.withscorecards,strategymaps)** 3.88 3.33 0.54

Stakeholderaotudesandbehaviourchange** 4.22 3.63 0.59

Understandingofkeymessages** 4.49 3.90 0.59

Clippingsandmediaresponse** 4.61 4.37 0.24

Internet/Intranetusage** 4.00 3.76 0.24

SaPsfacPonofinternalclients** 4.25 3.70 0.55

Processquality(internalworkflow)** 3.65 3.23 0.42

Financialcostsforprojects 3.97 3.82 0.14

Personnelcostsforprojects** 3.52 3.21 0.31

CommunicaPonmeasurement:excellentdepartmentsevaluatemoreintensively;theyarebemerinassessingbusinessimpactandstakeholderreacPons

Input Output Outcome Outflow

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/nmin=847PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q7:WhichitemsaremonitoredormeasuredbyyourorganisaPontoassesstheeffecPvenessofcommunicaPonmanagement/publicrelaPons?Scale1(Donotuseatall)–5(UseconPnuously).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

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ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsusemeasurementinsightsmorefrequentlyformanagingtheiracPviPes

3.88

3.74

3.71

3.73

3.48

4.22

4.17

4.15

3.98

3.93

OthercommunicaPondepartments ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

ReflecPnggoalsanddirecPonsofcommunicaPonstrategies**

EvaluaPngthesuccessofcommunicaPonacPviPes**

PlanningupcomingcommunicaPonacPviPes**

ExplainingthevalueofcommunicaPontotopexecuPvesand(internal)clients**

LeadingcommunicaPonteamsandsteeringagencies/serviceproviders**

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q8:HowareinsightsfromcommunicaPonmeasurementusedinyourorganisaPon?Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

Never 3.0 Always

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4.07

4.01

3.95

3.71

3.19

3.06

4.31

4.35

4.24

4.14

3.33

3.37

OthercommunicaPondepartments

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

Influencegatekeepers,themediaagendaandstakeholders**

SpreadinformaPonabouttheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices**

Monitornewsandpublicopinion**

EvaluatemediacoverageoftheorganisaPon,itsproductsorservices**

Sourcecontentforinternalnewsservices

Jointlyproducequalitycontentand/orcreatetopicalpladorms**

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentscollaboratemoreintensivelywiththemassmedia

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=897PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q2:WhydoesyourorganisaPoninteractwiththemassmedia?MyorganisaPonusemassmediaandtheirproductsto…Scale1(Never)–5(Always).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).*Significantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.05).

Never 3.0 Always

90 90 90

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsemployprofessionalswithastrongerlevelofsocialmediaskills

3.40

3.33

3.21

3.19

3.08

3.05

2.95

2.99

2.78

2.77

3.60

3.60

3.45

3.48

3.33

3.35

3.28

3.17

3.04

3.01

OthercommunicaPondepartments

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

Deliveringmessagesviasocialmedia**

IniPaPngweb-baseddialogueswithstakeholders**

Knowingthelegalframeworkforsocialmedia**

InterprePngsocialmediamonitoringdata**

EvaluaPngsocialmediaacPviPes**

ManagingonlinecommuniPes*

Knowinghowtoavoidrisksandhandlecrisesonsocialmedia**

Developingsocialmediastrategies**

Seongupsocialmediapladorms**

Knowingaboutsocialmediatrends**

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=901PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q5:HowwouldyourateyourcapabiliPesinthefollowingareas?Scale1(Verylow)–5(Veryhigh).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).*Significantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.05).

Verylow 3.0 Veryhigh

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ProfessionalsworkinginexcellentcommunicaPondepartmentsaresignificantlymoresaPsfiedwiththeirjobs

www.communicaPonmonitor.asia/Macnamaraetal.2015/n=889PRprofessionalsincommunicaPondepartments.Q10:HowdoyoufeelaboutyouractualjobsituaPon?Scale1(Stronglydisagree)–5(Totallyagree).Meanvalues.**Highlysignificantdifferences(KendallrankcorrelaPon,p≤0.01).

3.78

3.65

3.53

3.52

3.35

3.24

3.28

3.15

4.40

4.28

4.16

3.94

4.05

3.89

3.70

3.62

OthercommunicaPondepartments

ExcellentcommunicaPondepartments

MytasksareinteresPngandmanifold**

Thesalaryisadequate**

Mywork-lifebalanceisallright**

IhavegreatcareeropportuniPes**

Thejobhasahighstatus**

Myjobissecureandstable**

Overall,IamsaPsfiedwithmyjob**

Superiorsand(internal)clientsvaluemywork**

Stronglydisagree

3.0 Stronglyagree

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§  Prof.JimMacnamara,Ph.D.ProfessorofPublicCommunicaPonandAssociateDean(EngagementandInternaPonal),UniversityofTechnologySydney,Australia;[email protected]

§  Assoc.Prof.MayO.Lwin,Ph.D.AssociateProfessorandAssociateDean(GraduateStudies),WeeKimWeeSchoolofCommunicaPon,NanyangTechnologicalUniversity,Singapore;[email protected]

§  Prof.Dr.AnaAdiProfessorofCorporateCommunicaPon,QuadrigaUniversityofAppliedSciences,Berlin,Germany;[email protected]

§  Prof.Dr.AnsgarZerfassProfessorandChairinStrategicCommunicaPon,ViceDean,UniversityofLeipzig,Germany;[email protected]

StaPsPcalanalysisandassistantresearcher§  RonnyFechnerM.A.,UniversityofLeipzig,Germany

Authorsandleadresearchers

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NaPonalresearchersandcontacts

PleasecontacttheuniversiPeslistedhereforpresentaPons,insightsoraddiPonalanalysesinkeycountries

Australia Prof.JimMacnamara,Ph.D. UniversityofTechnologySydney [email protected] Prof.Dr.NingZhang SunYat-SenUniversity,Guangzhou [email protected] Ass.Prof.ReginaYi-RuChen,Ph.D. HongKongBapPstUniversity [email protected]

India Prof.JaishriJethwaney,Ph.D. IndianInsPtuteofMassCommunicaPon,NewDelhi [email protected]

Indonesia Assoc.Prof.ElizabethGoenawanAnanto,Ph.D. TrisakPUniversity,Jakarta [email protected] Prof.Dr.JunichiroMiyabe HokkaidoUniversity,Sapporo [email protected] Prof.MinjungSung,Ph.D. Chung-AngUniversity,Seoul [email protected] Prof.KiranjitKaur,Ph.D. UniversiPTeknologiMARA,Selangor [email protected] SeniorLecturerFloraHung-Baesecke,Ph.D. MasseyUniversity,Auckland [email protected] Assoc.Prof.FernandoParagas,Ph.D. UniversityofthePhilippinesDiliman [email protected] Assoc.Prof.MayO.Lwin,Ph.D. NanyangTechnologicalUniversity [email protected] Prof.Yi-ChenWu,Ph.D. Fu-JenCatholicUniversity,Taipei [email protected] Prof.ParichartSthapitanonda,Ph.D. ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok [email protected] Assoc.Prof.NguyenThiThanhHuyen,Ph.D. VietnamNaPonalUniversity,Hanoi [email protected] Prof.Dr.AnaAdi QuadrigaUniversity,Berlin [email protected]&comparisontoEurope

Prof.Dr.AnsgarZerfass UniversityofLeipzig [email protected]

APACD–RegionalCoordinators

PleasecontactVanessaEggert,APACDHongKong,fordetailsaboutAPACDcountryrepresentaPves [email protected]

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EuropeanPublicRelaPonsEducaPonandResearchAssociaPon(EUPRERA)TheEuropeanPublicRelaPonsEducaPonandResearchAssociaPon(EUPRERA)isanautonomousorganisaPonwithnearly500membersfrom40countriesinterestedinadvancingacademicresearchandknowledgeinstrategiccommunicaPon.Severalcross-naPonalandcomparaPveresearchandeducaPonprojectsareorganisedbyaffiliateduniversiPes,andahighlyregardedacademiccongressisstagedeachautumnatvaryinglocaPons.

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Surveyorganisers

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www.quadriga.eu

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Partners

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