publicity

Everyday

1. Attention from newspapers, TV, the internet and the public: «The rescue got a lot of publicity.» tree →
2. The work of getting people to notice something, like adverts, posters and interviews: «The publicity for the film was everywhere.» tree →

In the lessons

In media lessons it explains how events, products and people become known; in everyday life it is the posters and adverts around us. Phrases: «good publicity», «bad publicity», «a publicity stunt», «get publicity».

Examples

• The school fair got good publicity in the local paper. tree →
• The singer's new song had huge publicity. tree →
• Climbing the tower was just a publicity stunt. tree →
• The company got bad publicity after the toy broke easily. tree →
• We made posters for publicity for the bake sale. tree →
• «There's no such thing as bad publicity,» some people say, but that is not always true. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «a lot of publicity», not «publicities». Related: public, publicise (UK)/publicize (US), publicist. A «publicity stunt» is something done mainly to get attention.