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PSA: Public Service Announcement Projects: What is a PSA?

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Definition

What is a PSA?

"Any announcement of information relevant to the public."

-public service announcement. (2006). In Dictionary of Media Studies. Retrieved from EBSCOhost eBook Collection.

"Craft of disseminating any information that concerns a person, group, event, or product through public media."

Retrieved from the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communication (2000). Retrieved from the eBook Academic Collection.

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