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The Public Relations Handbook, 5th Edition
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The Public Relations Handbook, 5th Edition

by Alison Theaker
May 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
556 pages
18h 3m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 2Public relations and communications

Sarah Roberts-Bowman

Chapter Aims

This chapter explores different communication theories and traditions that underpin public relations. It takes a thematic approach looking at the who, what, why and how of communication and grounds the idea of PR firmly in a societal context. As part of this it also looks at the role of the media in communicating to and between organisations and individuals in society. All themes are interconnected and taken together help us understand the complexity of PR. Many of these ideas will be picked up later in this book but for now this chapter aims to provide an overview. It concludes by bringing these ideas together and what they mean to public relations practice.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781317487364