Situation Public Theory
Situational Theory of Problem-solving
Publics
Fun
Other
100

Organizational approach in which publics are diminished to organizational artifacts 

What is Organization-centered?

100
___ motivates human behavior

Problem-solving

100

The practice of exerting pressure on organizations to force change

Activism

100

Our last names are both...

Italian

100

Campaign to raise awareness of heart disease

The Heart Truth
200
What does the situational theory predict?

Communicative behaviors

200

Concept referring to relying on experience in problem-solving

Referent criterion

200

Qualified group of people representing public opinion

Lippman's Specialized Class

200

How do you say "where is the library?" in Spanish?

Donde esta la biblioteca?

200

Organizations are created and sustained by

Public Consent
300

When an individual comes across information and processes it whether intentionally or not

Information processing

300

Jerry Jones proactively seeking the media to make of the Cowboys a reality TV show is an example of information...

Information forwarding

300

Latin for "belonging to the people"

publicus

300

Last time the Cowboys won a Super Bowl

1996

300

Making cultural assumptions based on personal beliefs (consciously or not) is an example of

Bias

400

What are the independent variables of SPT?

Problem recognition, constraint recognition, and leve of involvement

400

Refers to the action of selecting what is perceived as valued information while fending off other info

Information forefending

400

Approach in which all publics are interconnected

Organic Perspective
400

College QB hyped up during the pre-season -> turned out to be a bust

Arch Manning

400

Globalization, social media, over-information, and cultural integration are proof of...

Sociocultural differences

Public's increasing complexity

Death of the public

500

What year was STP proposed and who was at the forefront of the theory's development?

1968 by James E. Grunig.

500

Variable(s) that replaced STP's information seeking and information attending

Communicative action in problem solving

500

Recognizes the power dynamics between publics and organizations

Stakeholder engagement

500

The Best animated Disney movie released in 1999

Tarzan

500

Publics and organizations engaging in two-way communication (Excellence theory)

Two-way symmetric