THE PUBLIC RELATIONS HANDBOOK
The Public Relations Handbook
is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the public
relations industry. Tracing the history and development of public relations, it explores
ethical issues which affect the industry, examines its relationship with politics,
lobbying organisations and journalism, assess its professionalism and regulation and
advises on training and entry into the profession.
The Public Relations Handbook
combines theoretical and organisational frameworks for studying PR with examples of how
the industry works in practice. It draws on a range of promotional strategies and
campaigns from businesses and charities, including Railtrack, Voice of the Listener and
Viewer, Marks and Spencer, the Metropolitan Police, the Prince's Trust, Daewoo cars and
the NSPCC.
The Public Relations Handbook
includes:
* interviews with press
officers and PR agents about their working practices
* case-studies, examples,
press releases and illustrations from a range of campaigns from multinational
corporations, local government and charities
* specialist chapters on
financial public relations, business ethics, online promotion and the challenges of new
technology
* over twenty illustrations
from recent PR campaigns.
Contents:
Notes on Contributors Preface
Part I The Context of Public Relations 1. What is public relations - Fawkes 2. Public
relations and communications - Fawkes 3. Public relations, politics and the media -
Somerville 4. Public relations and management - Gregory 5. Professionalism and regulation
- Part II Strategic Public Relations 6. Corporate communications - Wood 7. Corporate
identity - Wood 8. Public affairs and issues management 9. Business ethics, public
relations and corporate social responsibility - Somerville Part III Stakeholder Public
Relations 10. Media relations 11. Internal communications 12. Corporate community
involvement 13. An introduction to financial public relations - Middleton 14. Public
sector public relations 15. Consumer public relations 16. Business-to-business public
relations 17. Cause-related marketing 18. IT sector public relations - Chipchase Part IV
Shaping the Future 19. Changing media 20. Research and evaluation - PR grows up? 21.
Future challenges for PR Bibliography. Index.
Series Information:
Media Practice
Author Biography:
Alison Theaker is head of
training and education at the Institute of Public Relations and was formerly principal
lecturer and course leader in public Relations at Leeds Business School. She is the
co-author of Effective Media Relations.
Full Contributors:
Jo Chipchase runs
Can-U-Hack-It Ltd - a Brighton based new media company. Johanna Fawkes is Course Leader
for BA Public Relations at Leeds Metropolitan University. Anne Gregory is Head of the
School of Business Strategy at Leeds Metropolitan University Keeley Middleton is Director
and Partner of Millham Communications Ltd Ian Sommerville is a Lecturer in the Department
of Media and Communications Studies at Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh. Emma
Woods is a Lecturer in Corporate Communication and Course Leader if the Institute of
Public Relations' postgraduate diploma at Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh.
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