Re-examining the economic roots of public relations |
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Authors: | Ryszard awniczak |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Economic Journalism and Public Relations, Faculty of Economics, Poznan University of Economics, Poznan, Poland |
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Abstract: | The present global financial/economic crisis affects virtually the whole world and has brought to light a neglected economic context in public relations. To anyone familiar with the field's early history, it is obvious that a large part of that history intertwines with the long struggle between corporate, purely economic, interests and the need to apply public relations to combat public hostility and to gain public favour. This article works with both functional and critical approaches to engage with the particular relevance that the economic context of public relations holds in times of economic downturn. In referring to economic context, it includes the following issues: the economic roots of public relations practice in the historical context, the interactions between public relations theory and theories of economics and political economy, and the importance of economics to public relations practitioners. |
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Keywords: | Economics Political economy Public relations theory Economic downturn |
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