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In this age of the internet as the greatest mass me- dium tool and citizen journalism taking the front seat in the collection and dissemination of news, the role of reputation management has never been more critical for organizations. The reputational goals of organizations should therefore, as a mat- ter of necessity, be linked to the organizational strategy for the long term survival and success of the enterprise. Communication is increasingly becoming predominantly digital-first and indeed social media-first; and communication experts are progressively adopting social media as a core platform for corporate engagement. where the people are. The news cycle has moved from certain periodical times within the day to real time, making it virtually impossible to contain a crisis if a considerable amount of time lapses between the first news share Entities such as governments that were and the organization’s response. It is every considered more traditional in their way reputation manager’s nightmare. of communing are now leading the way in the new revolution - simply because that’s We are also witnessing a generational transformation, with a population that prefers and leads a more real-time lifestyle where the source of news and information is instant shares. Subsequently, Fake news present one of the greatest threats to reputation management in the era of social media. We have seen high profile cases of mass mis-information of people being used to achieve certain objectives; And since using advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) you can specify and design the virality of content to the last detail, a hostile attacker can easily damage the reputation of an organization or individual using fast-propagating fake news. Irene Mbonge is a Communications Expert and a current affairs enthusiast. She is the interim Chair, CIPR-Kenya chapter. You can commune with her on this or related issues via mail at: Mbonge.Irene@gmail. com. A hospitality consulting firm specialized in staff training, competency development and project management OUR SERVICES Staff Recruitment In-House Training Competency Development Project Management Hotel Management [email protected] | +255 756 716 496 www.outstandingsolutionstz.com | Njiro, Arusha