Inside The Minds Trust Building vs. Publicity Public relations is being redefined to include a much more strategic definition and, importantly, a much more strategic role than most people associate with it. It isn’t just publicity anymore – not that publicity isn’t important. One of the major reasons public relations counselors are involved in an issue (or an opportunity) is to either generate exposure through publicity or to prevent exposure in the media. It will always be an important function of public relations. However, today, public relations as a discipline and public relations people as professionals can provide many new services,.
