Power, Diversity and Public Relations

ISBN-13: 9780367867829 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 136 str.

Lee Edwards

Opis

Drawing on theoretical perspectives including Bourdieu's work, the sociology of the professions, identity and postcolonial / critical race theory, this book examines both occupational discourses of PR identity and purpose and practitioner accounts of their experiences in PR.

Spis treści

1: Introduction  2: Historical Context: Empire, Racism and Public Relations  3: Constructing PR Practice: Legitimacy, Jurisdiction and the Erasure of Social Inequity  4: Constructing Competence: Client, Capital and Embodiment  5: Strategies of Resistance: Intersectional Identities as a Source of Critique  6: Successful Marginality: Managing Occupational Identity  7: Occupational Power, Diversity and Public Relations

O autorze

Lee Edwards is Associate Professor at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds, UK