“…Political public relations is defined as "the management process by which an actor for political purposes, through communication and action, seeks to influence and to establish, build, and maintain beneficial relationships and reputations with key publics and stakeholders to help support its mission and achieve its goals" (Strömbäck & Kiousis, 2011, p. 8). Such actors can include governments (Albishri et al, 2019), state-owned media (Zhang et al, 2017), political candidates (Kim et al, 2011), political parties (Aras, 2018), interest groups (Neil et al, 2016), corporate CEOs (Lan et al, 2020), and even citizens (Krishna et al, 2020). Those actors are crucial in recognizing the key stakeholders and issues and how they are framed in media coverage and public discourse (Lan et al, 2020).…”