Jacquie L'Etang

Magda Pieczka

This book is an overview of the large numbers of areas in which public relations has an element or influence around the world. The authors are well known scholars and their contributions are an excellent summary of contemporary debates and problems.

Critical Debates and Contemporary Practice

Public Relations

This edited collection explores key concepts, themes and theories in public relations and the assumptions which lie behind them. This book will be of interest to students of public relations, media and communications studies.

Critical Perspectives in Public Relations

Jane Johnston

Communication has become the technology of public interest, demanding a re-examination of the key concept of public in both public relations and communication theory. This book defines a new concept of public interest communication, combining the conflict, negotiation and adaptation inherent in public interest, with a critical approach to communication management and public relations. Combining conceptual discussions about public theories of language with the tension between the public and private interests for public relations professionals, the book uses case studies to explore the negotiation of conflicting interests and the construction of the public interest within systems of governance at local, national and international levels. Public interest communication is identified within social and cultural contexts that resonate globally – health, community, media and the environment - each representing interest conflicts within the changing global environment. Addressing the forces of fragmentation, inequality and individualisation that characterize the modern world, this thought-provoking volume will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students of communication, public relations, environmental communication, public communication, and public policy.

Magda Pieczka

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