henderson's study revealed that the term "public relations" was used correctly only about 5% of the time and that in 16% of the cases, public relations was seen as a negative force in society because it corrupts the channels of communication and the working of democracy. In the same stream of research, Jo analyzed news stories among several major newspapers and on television, noting that nearly 75% of the news stories represented the term "public relations" in a negative or unfavorable way. the term was often followed by words such as "disaster" and "problem and debacle," thereby heightening the negative connotation of the term.