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The Future of Excellence in Public Relations and Communication Management brings together a stellar collection of public relations scholars to address the question: What will happen to continue the seminal theory building in public relations, bolstered by the work of James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig, and the groundbreaking 1992 IABC Excellence Study examining best practices in the field? This volume presents a challenge to future researchers, encouraging consideration of other theoretical research problems that will lead to improving the management practice of public relations. This collection advances scholarly and practitioner understanding of excellence in public relations and communication management, and as such, public relations and communications scholars, in addition to practitioners and graduate students studying these areas, will benefit immensely by reading the work in this volume.

The past 20 years have seen an influx of women into the practice of public relations, yet gender-based disparities in pay and advancement remain a troubling reality. As the field becomes feminized, moreover, female and male practitioners alike confront the prospect of dwindling salaries and prestige. This landmark book presents a comprehensive examination of the status of women in public relations and proposes concrete ways to achieve greater parity in education and practice. The authors integrate the theoretical literature of public relations and gender with results of a major longitudinal study of women in the field, along with illuminating focus group and interview data. Topics covered include factors contributing to sex discrimination; how public relations stacks up against other professions on gender-related issues; the challenges facing female managers and entrepreneurs; the experiences of ethnic minority professionals; the salary gap; the glass ceiling; and how to foster solutions on individual, organizational, and societal levels. This volume is an essential read for both educators and practitioners in public relations. It can be used as a course text in graduate research seminars, and also as a supplemental text in courses addressing gender issues in PR. It serves as a useful guide for young practitioners entering the profession, and provides critical insights for public relations managers.

This book reports findings of a three-nation study of public relations and communication management sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation. The Excellence Study provides communication managers and public relations practitioners with information critical to their own professional growth, and supplies organizations with tools that help them communicate more effectively and build beneficial relations with key publics. Communication excellence is a powerful idea of sweeping scope that applies to all organizations -- large or small -- that need to communicate effectively with publics on whom the organization's survival and growth depend. The essential elements of excellent communication are the same for corporations, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and professional/trade associations. And they are applicable on a global basis. The study identifies three spheres of communication excellence. These spheres consider the overall function and role of communication in organizations, and define the organization of this book. They are: * the core or inner sphere of communication excellence -- the knowledge base of the communication department, * the shared expectations of top communicators and senior managers about the function and role of communication, and * the organization's culture -- the larger context that either nurtures or impedes communication excellence. This text also examines communication excellence as demonstrated in specific programs developed for specific publics.

The past 20 years have seen an influx of women into the practice of public relations, yet gender-based disparities in pay and advancement remain a troubling reality. As the field becomes feminized, moreover, female and male practitioners alike confront the prospect of dwindling salaries and prestige. This landmark book presents a comprehensive examination of the status of women in public relations and proposes concrete ways to achieve greater parity in education and practice. The authors integrate the theoretical literature of public relations and gender with results of a major longitudinal study of women in the field, along with illuminating focus group and interview data. Topics covered include factors contributing to sex discrimination; how public relations stacks up against other professions on gender-related issues; the challenges facing female managers and entrepreneurs; the experiences of ethnic minority professionals; the salary gap; the glass ceiling; and how to foster solutions on individual, organizational, and societal levels. This volume is an essential read for both educators and practitioners in public relations. It can be used as a course text in graduate research seminars, and also as a supplemental text in courses addressing gender issues in PR. It serves as a useful guide for young practitioners entering the profession, and provides critical insights for public relations managers.

This book reports findings of a three-nation study of public relations and communication management sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation. The Excellence Study provides communication managers and public relations practitioners with information critical to their own professional growth, and supplies organizations with tools that help them communicate more effectively and build beneficial relations with key publics. Communication excellence is a powerful idea of sweeping scope that applies to all organizations -- large or small -- that need to communicate effectively with publics on whom the organization's survival and growth depend. The essential elements of excellent communication are the same for corporations, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and professional/trade associations. And they are applicable on a global basis. The study identifies three spheres of communication excellence. These spheres consider the overall function and role of communication in organizations, and define the organization of this book. They are: * the core or inner sphere of communication excellence -- the knowledge base of the communication department, * the shared expectations of top communicators and senior managers about the function and role of communication, and * the organization's culture -- the larger context that either nurtures or impedes communication excellence. This text also examines communication excellence as demonstrated in specific programs developed for specific publics.

The last 20 years have seen an influx of women into the practice of public relations, yet gender-based disparities in pay and advancement remain a troubling reality. As the field becomes feminized, moreover, female and male practitioners alike confront the prospect of dwindling salaries and prestige. This landmark book presents a comprehensive examination of the status of women in public relations and proposes concrete ways to achieve greater parity in education and practice. The authors integrate the theoretical literature of public relations and gender with results of a major longitudinal study of women in the field, along with illuminating focus group and interview data. Topics covered include factors contributing to sex discrimination, how public relations stacks up against other professions on gender-related issues, challenges facing women managers and entrepreneurs, the experiences of ethnic minority professionals, the salary gap, the glass ceiling, and how to foster solutions on individual, organizational, and societal levels. This volume is an essential resource for public relations professionals, scholars, and educators. Students of public relations, mass communication, organizational sociology, management, and women's studies will find it an informative and accessible text.

A obra apresenta a Abordagem Narrativa da Comunicação Organizacional, enfoque que nasce dos estudos precursores sobre a narratologia nas organizações. A narrativa é observada como processo, mas também como produto da comunicação organizacional. O caráter processual da narrativa, observado e apresentado na publicação, diz respeito ao trabalho de “narrativização” operado pelas organizações no intuito de comunicar sua trajetória aos diferentes públicos. Isto é, a história organizacional é submetida a um processo comunicacional graças ao qual ela se torna “narrável”. Por outro lado, abordar a narrativa como produto, significa focalizar nos relatos estratégicos construídos pelas organizações como objetos de análise por meio dos quais são reveladas suas estratégias discursivas e argumentativas, bem como, as escolhas estruturais que permitem dar coerência à história narrada. As análise e reflexões são tecidas sob a égide das Ciências da Informação e da Comunicação, como perspectiva a partir da qual os fenômenos são observados, mas entende-se que o livro seja de interesse do grande público que vise a compreensão das narrativas e sua emergência em contextos organizacionais.

Há mais de dois anos, o mundo enfrenta o desafio de reaprender a viver, num processo de adaptação à virtualidade. Uma transformação que, para diversos cientistas da comunicação, acelerou o processo de virtualização dos seres humanos e de suas relações para com o outro e, obviamente, com os meios de comunicação. Sem dúvida, testemunhamos uma reconfiguração do ecossistema midiático. Com esse tema norteador às conferências, realizamos o 5º Congresso Internacional Media Ecology and Image Studies – MEISTUDIES, que contou com o tema “A virtualização do novo ecossistema midiático”. O evento também foi marcado pela realização paralela do VI Seminário Internacional Red ITC, evento que nos acompanha pelo terceiro ano consecutivo. Já em sua quinta edição, o MEISTUDIES repetiu a sua programação e formato de participação totalmente assíncrono, colaborando com a preservação da saúde cognitiva dos participantes. Acreditamos que o conteúdo assíncrono facilita a disseminação do conhecimento, e está é a nossa missão como evento científico. Para tanto, contamos com a parceria dos 15 conferencistas e das coordenações das 13 mesas de trabalho, um staff que reuniu mentes representantes de nove países.