A publicity[2] stunt is a planned event designed to garner media attention and create buzz around a particular product, person, or cause. It is often used in marketing and relations publiques[1] as a way to generate wide-scale awareness and interest. Examples of publicity stunts include J.P. Morgan Jr.’s circus stunt in 1933, the Calendar Girls fundraising stunt in 1999, and the money distribution by PEACE in German cities in 2013. These events aim to capture public and media attention, often having a significant impact on the entity they are promoting. Publicity stunts can range from the outrageous to the innovative, but all share a common goal: to capture and hold the public’s attention. They can be an effective tool in marketing and public relations, provided they are carefully planned and executed, and resonate with the intended audience.
Au marketing, a publicity stunt is a planned event designed to attract the public's attention to the event's organizers or their cause. Publicity stunts can be professionally organized, or set up by amateurs. Such events are frequently utilized by advertisers et celebrities, many of whom are athletes and politicians.



Organizations sometimes seek publicity by staging newsworthy events that attract médias coverage. They can be in the form of groundbreakings, world record attempts, dedications, press conferences, or organized protests. By staging and managing these types of events, the organizations attempt to gain some form of control over what is reported in the media. Successful publicity stunts have news value, offer photo, videoet sound bite opportunities, and are arranged primarily for media coverage.
It can be difficult for organizations to design successful publicity stunts that highlight the message instead of burying it. The importance of publicity stunts is for generating news interest and awareness for the concept, product, or service being marketed.