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Journal of Public Relations Research
Volume 20(2), 2008

 
CONTENTS
 
Pal, Mahuya, and Dutta, Mohan J. Public relations in a global context: The relevance of critical modernism as a theoretical lens. 159-179
 
  This article aims to interrupt the modernist goals of public relations research that predominantly privileges a management discourse 
 
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public relations
critical theory
 
 
van, Woerkum, C.M.J., and Aarts, M.N.C. The orientation of organizations to their environments: Functions of the unconscious mind. 180-206
 
  This article focuses on the unconscious processes involved in dealing with the environment of organizations, a main concern of public relations 
 
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public relations
cognition
organizational
theory
 
 
Yun, Seong-Hun Cultural consequences on excellence in public diplomacy. 207-230
 
  The purpose of this study is to advance the contextual study of public diplomacy -- the inquiry into the influences of a government's contextual variables on its practice and management of public diplomacy 
 
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politics and government
diplomacy
 
 
Wood, Michelle L.M., Nelson, Michelle R., Atkinson, Lucy, and Lane, Julie B. Social utility theory: Guiding labeling of VNRs as ethical and effective public relations. 231-249
 
  Social utility theory suggests that labeling video news release (VNR) source material is the ethical decision (Wulfemeyer & Frazier, 1992), yet the persuasion knowledge model predicts that the effectiveness of VNRs will decrease as people become aware of this PR tactic (Friestad & Wright, 1994) 
 
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news
public relations
visualization
ethics
persuasion