Social theory for public relations
By: [edited] by Oyvind Ihlen, Magnus Fredrikson, and Betteke van Ruler.
Contributors: Ihlen, Øyvind.; Fredrikson, Magnus.; Ruler, Betteke van, 1948-
Series: Communication series
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415997850; 9780415997867; 9780203883235
Subjects: Public relations -- Evaluation; Public relations -- Research; Social sciences -- Philosophy; Social scientists
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Applying social theory to public relations / Øyvind Ihlen and Betteke van Ruler; title: On Beck : risk and sub-politics in reflexive modernity / Magnus Fredriksson; title: On Berger : a social constructionist perspective on public relations and crisis communication / Mats Heide; title: On Bourdieu : public relations in field struggles / Øyvind Ihlen; title: On Foucault : a toolbox for public relations / Judy Motion and Shirley Leitch; title: On Giddens : interpreting public relations through Anthony Giddens' structuration and late modernity theory / Jesper Falkheimer; title: On Goffman : researching relations with Erving Goffman as pathfinder / Catrin Johansson; title: On habermas : understanding and public relations / Roland Burkart; title: On Latour : actor-network-theory (ANT) and public relations / Piet Verhoeven; title: On luhmann : contingency, risk, trust and reflection / Susanne Holmstrøm; title: On Mayhew : the demonization of public relations and the validation of the new citizen / Richard Stanton; title: On Putnam : bowling together; title: applying Putnam's theories of community and social capital to public relations / Vilma Luoma-aho; title: On feminist theory of public relations : an example from Dorothy E. Smith / Lana F. Rakow and Diana Nastasia; title: On Spivak : theorizing resistance : applying Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in public relations / Mohan Jyoti Dutta; title: On weber : legitimacy and legitimation in public relations / Arild Wæraas; title: Conclusions on the domain, context, concepts, issues, and empirical avenues of public relations / Øyvind Ihlen and Piet Verhoeven; title: Commentary: Linking sociology with public relations; title: some critical reflections in reflexive times / Günter Bentele and Stefan Wehmeier.