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Journal of Public Relations Research
Volume 21(3), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Edwards, Lee Symbolic power and public relations practice: Locating individual practitioners in their social context 251-272
 
  This article applies Pierre Bourdieu's understandings of capital and symbolic power to the public relations environment, to establish a link between the practice of public relations and the social effects of the profession 
 
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public relations
 
 
Murphree, Vanessa, Reber, Bryan H., and Blevens, Frederick Superhero, instructor, optimist: FEMA and the frames of disaster in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 273-294
 
  Using framing theory to examine hundreds of press releases posted to the Web by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), this study asserts that FEMA provided useful information on survival and assistance, but that the organization emphasized good deeds and optimism while essentially ignoring social, political, and cultural issues that publicly defined the hurricanes and damaged FEMA's image 
 
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theory
politics and government
public relations
 
 
Sha, Bey-Ling Exploring the connection between organizational identity and public relations behaviors: How symmetry trumps conservation in engendering organizational identification 295-317
 
  One way for organizations to survive in the increasingly complex and competitive world may be to maintain or "conserve" a strong organizational identity, which often is expressed in organizational mission statements 
 
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public relations
organizational
persuasion
 
 
Coleman, Renita, and Wilkins, Lee The moral development of public relations practitioners: A comparison with other professions and influences on higher quality ethical reasoning 318-340
 
  This study gathered baseline data on the moral development of 118 public relations professionals 
 
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ethics
public relations
 
 
Yang, Sung-Un, and Lim, Joon Soo The effects of blog-mediated public relations (BMPR) on relational trust 341-359
 
  Key features of blog-mediated public relations are conducive to initiating and nurturing relationships with publics 
 
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public relations
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persuasion