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Handbook of public relations

Author: Robert L Heath; Gabriel Vasquez
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001.
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Offers a comprehensive examination of the field of public relations. Divided into five sections, this book explains the role of public relations in society. It also examines the state of the practice  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert L Heath; Gabriel Vasquez
ISBN: 076191286X 9780761912866
OCLC Number: 43694208
Notes: Plymouth State University notes:
Preface / Robert L. Heath -- Sect. 1. Defining the Discipline: Shifting Foundations: Public Relations as Relationship Building / Robert L. Heath. 1. Two-Way Symmetrical Public Relations: Past, Present, and Future / James E. Grunig. 2. A Rhetorical Enactment Rationale for Public Relations: The Good Organization Communicating Well / Robert L. Heath. 3. Public Relations and Community: A Reconstructed Theory Revisited / Kenneth Starck and Dean Kruckeberg. 4. Cultural Topoi: Implications for Public Relations / Greg Leichty and Ede Warner. 5. Updating Public Relations: "New Science," Research Paradigms, and Uneven Developments / David McKie. 6. In Search of a Metatheory for Public Relations: An Argument for Communitarianism / Roy Leeper. 7. Interpersonal Communication and Public Relations / W. Timothy Coombs. 8. Public Relations Field Dynamics / Jeffrey K. Springston and Joann Keyton. 9. Bringing Publics Into Public Relations: New Theoretical Frameworks for Practice / Shirley Leitch and David Neilson. 10. Research Perspectives on "the Public" / Gabriel M. Vasquez and Maureen Taylor. 11. Public Relations and Crisis Communication: Organizing and Chaos / Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow and Robert R. Ulmer. 12. Public Relations as Contested Terrain: A Critical Response / George Cheney and Lars Thoger Christensen -- Sect. 2. Defining the Practice: The Dynamics of Change in Public Relations Practice / Robert L. Heath. 13. The Mystery Of Public Relations: Unraveling Its Past, Unmasking Its Future / Fritz Cropp and J. David Pincus. 14. Defining the Relationship Between Public Relations and Marketing: Public Relations' Most Important Challenge / James G. Hutton. 15. Extending Strategic Planning to Communication Tactics / Laurie J. Wilson. 16. Public Relations and the Question of Professionalism / Magda Pieczka and Jacquie L'Etang. 17. How Feminist Theory Advanced the Practice of Public Relations / Elizabeth L. Toth. 18. Public Relations Law / Michael G. Parkinson, Daradirek Ekachai and Laurel Traynowicz Hetherington. 19. Integrating Planning and Evaluation: Evaluating the Public Relations Practice and Public Relations Programs / Tom Watson. 20. Media Effects Research for Public Relations Practitioners / Beth Olson. 21. Stewardship: The Fifth Step in the Public Relations Process / Kathleen S. Kelly. 22. Activism / Michael F. Smith and Denise P. Ferguson. 23. Public Relations and Conflict Resolution / Kenneth D. Plowman, William G. Briggs and Yi-Hui Huang. 24. Public Relations and the Ecology of Organizational Change / James L. Everett. 25. The Centrality of Organizational Legitimacy to Public Relations Practice / Maribeth S. Metzler. 26. Issues Management: The Paradox of the 40-Year U.S. Tobacco Wars / Cornelius B. Pratt. 27. Using the Collapse Model of Corporate Image for Campaign Message Design / Mary Anne Moffitt. 28. The Workplace, Undergraduate Education, and Career Preparation: The Public Relations Academic and Practitioner Views / Gayle M. Pohl and Dee Vandeventer. 29. Accreditation: Is There Access to the Process for All Public Relations Academic Programs - If Desired? / Bonita Dostal Neff. 30. Case Studies and Their Use in Public Relations / John J. Pauly and Liese L. Hutchison. 31. Public Relations and Social Responsibility / Emma L. Daugherty. 32. Public Relations Ethics: An Overview and Discussion of Issues for the 21st Century / Kenneth D. Day, Qingwen Dong and Clark Robins. 33. Ethics in Public Relations: Theory and Practice / Patricia A. Curtin and Lois A. Boynton. 34. Public Relations Between Universality and Particularity: Toward a Moral-Philosophical Conception of Public Relations Ethics / Tanni Haas. 35. The Measurement of Ethics: Instruments Applicable to Public Relations / Kathie A. Leeper -- Sect. 3. In Search of Best Practices: Learning Best Practices From Experience and Research / Robert L. Heath. 36. A New Order for Public Relations: Goodbye Cost Center, Hello Profit Center / H. R. Hutchins. 37. Best Practices in the Public Relations Agency Business / Catherine L. Hinrichsen. 38. Strategic Media Planning: Toward an Integrated Public Relations Media Model / Kirk Hallahan. 39. Improving Corporate and Organization Communications: A New Look at Developing and Implementing the Communication Audit / Dean Kazoleas and Alan Wright. 40. Crisis Communication: A Review of Some Best Practices / Kathleen Fearn-Banks. 41. Anticipatory Model of Crisis Management: A Vigilant Response to Technological Crises / Bolanle A. Olaniran and David E. Williams. 42. Corporate Apologia: When an Organization Speaks in Defense of Itself / Keith Michael Hearit. 43. Race and Reputation: Restoring Image Beyond the Crisis / Gail F. Baker. 44. Relationships Within Communities: Public Relations for the New Century / Laurie J. Wilson. 45. Managing Community Relationships to Maximize Mutual Benefit: Doing Well by Doing Good / John A. Ledingham and Stephen D. Bruning. 46. Educational Public Relations / Julie Kay Henderson. 47. Strength in Diversity: The Place of Public Relations in Higher Education Institutions / Barbara J. DeSanto and R. Brooks Garner. 48. Sports Information Directing: A Plea for Helping an Unknown Field / Nicholas C. Neupauer. 49. Political Power Through Public Relations / Lori Melton McKinnon, John C. Tedesco and Tracy Lauder. 50. Labor and Public Relations: The Unwritten Roles / Tricia Hansen-Horn. 51. Public Relations in the Health Care Industry / Laurel Traynowicz Hetherington, Daradirek Ekachai and Michael G. Parkinson -- Sect. 4. Public Relations in Cyberspace: The Frontier of New Communication Technologies / Robert L. Heath. 52. Cyberspin: The Use of New Technologies in Public Relations / Edward J. Lordan. 53. On-Line Research Techniques for the Public Relations Practitioner / Susanne Elizabeth Gaddis. 54. Public Relations and New Media Technology: The Impact of the Internet / Jeffrey K. Springston. 55. The Development of a Structuration Analysis of New Publics in an Electronic Environment / Zoraida R. Cozier and Diane F. Witmer -- Sect. 5. Globalizing Public Relations: Globalization - The Frontier of Multinationalism and Cultural Diversity / Robert L. Heath. 56. International Public Relations: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century / Maureen Taylor. 57. Effective Public Relations in the Multinational Organization / Robert I. Wakefield. 58. International Public Relations: A Focus on Pedagogy / Doug Newsom, Judy VanSlyke Turk and Dean Kruckeberg. 59. New Zealand Perspectives on Public Relations / Judy Motion and Shirley Leitch. 60. The Development of Public Relations in China, Russia, and the United States / Mark McElreath, Ni Chen and Lyudmila Azarova / [et al.]. 61. The Changing Shape of Public Relations in the European Union / David Miller and Philip Schlesinger. 62. Middle East Public Relations: A New Frontier in the United States / Rise Jane Samra
Description: xiv, 802 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Preface / Robert L. Heath --
Shifting Foundations: Public Relations as Relationship Building / Robert L. Heath --
Two-Way Symmetrical Public Relations: Past, Present, and Future / James E. Grunig --
A Rhetorical Enactment Rationale for Public Relations: The Good Organization Communicating Well / Robert L. Heath --
Public Relations and Community: A Reconstructed Theory Revisited / Kenneth Starck, Dean Kruckeberg --
Cultural Topoi: Implications for Public Relations / Greg Leichty, Ede Warner --
Updating Public Relations: "New Science," Research Paradigms, and Uneven Developments / David McKie --
In Search of a Metatheory for Public Relations: An Argument for Communitarianism / Roy Leeper --
Interpersonal Communication and Public Relations / W. Timothy Coombs --
Public Relations Field Dynamics / Jeffrey K. Springston, Joann Keyton --
Bringing Publics Into Public Relations: New Theoretical Frameworks for Practice / Shirley Leitch, David Neilson --
Research Perspectives on "the Public" / Gabriel M. Vasquez, Maureen Taylor --
Public Relations and Crisis Communication: Organizing and Chaos / Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow, Robert R. Ulmer --
Public Relations as Contested Terrain: A Critical Response / George Cheney, Lars Thoger Christensen --
The Dynamics of Change in Public Relations Practice / Robert L. Heath --
Dynamics of Change --
The Mystery Of Public Relations: Unraveling Its Past, Unmasking Its Future / Fritz Cropp, J. David Pincus.
Other Titles: Public relations
Responsibility: Robert L. Heath, editor ; Gabriel Vasquez, contributing editor.
Local System Bib Number:
.b13016969
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