Public Relations and Community : a Reconstructed Theory
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Description
This slim volume hits hard at one major point: public relations practitioners need to abandon their dominant attitude of narrowly serving the needs of their clients and instead attempt to engender a broad-based sense of community. By approaching public relations from this broader perspective both the needs of the client and the community are served. Implicit in this theory is that a closer-knit community will retain more traditional family-based values and therefore comprise a more stable and appreciative economic unit for one's client. -- Provided by publisher Public relations is commonly viewed as using persuasive communications to achieve a client's vested goal. Kruckeberg and Starck challenge this oversimplified approach, asserting that public relations is a complex, multi-flow process that should--and can--affect society as a whole. In Part I, they examine critically the historical definition and practice of public relations, outlining the shortcomings of this narrow approach. Part II explores how the community itself has changed. Such issues as the shift from rural to urban life and the attempt to regain a sense of community are discussed. Part III attempts to reconcile the authors' new notion of public relations and community through an in-depth case-study. The results lead the authors to conclude that only if public relations is practiced as an active attempt to build a sense of community can it become a full partner in the communications milieu.
Keywords
Public relations -- United States; Communities; Public relations -- Missouri -- Sugar Creek; Petroleum industry and trade -- Public relations -- United States;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780275929114
Publication Date
1988
Publisher
Praeger
City
New York, NY
Department
Department of Communication and Theatre Arts
Object Description
155 pages
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Kruckeberg, Dean and Starck, Kenneth, "Public Relations and Community : a Reconstructed Theory" (1988). Faculty Book Gallery. 603.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/603
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