Handbook of Public Relations

The Handbook of Public Relations offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the field. It gives scholars, practitioners, and students a solid review of the status of the scholarly literature, stressing the role that public relations can play in building relationship between organizations, markets, audiences, and publics.

"...defines the field, examines the state of the practice, challenges academics & practitioners to identify the best daily activities of PR professionals, discusses the new communication technology, and examines global PR theories."

The Handbook of Public Relations offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the field. It gives scholars, practitioners, and students a solid review of the status of the scholarly literature, stressing the role that public relations can play in building relationship between organizations, markets, audiences, and publics.

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This handbook offers a detailed examination of the field of public relations. It reviews the status of the scholarly literature, stressing the role that public relations can play in building relationships between organizations, markets, audiences, and publics. Heath (communications, U. of Houston, director of the Institute of the Study of Issues Management, and advisory director of Research for Bates Churchill Southwest) presents 61 contributions that define the field and explain the role public relations plays in society; examine cutting edge issues of management, ethics, gender, evaluation, public relations education, and media; challenge academics and practitioners to identify best practices that shape daily activities; discuss the challenges of new communication technology; and provide a global view of the theories in international public relations as well as the trends in practice that will shape the field in coming years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert L. Heath is professor emeritus at the School of Communication University of Houston and Academic Consultant in the College of Commerce, Faculty of Management and Marketing at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Heath is one of the academic pioneers in examining the history and theoretical foundations of strategic issues management. He is author or editor of 12 books (and 2 second editions) and 100 articles in major journals and leading edited books. In addition to strategic issues management, he has written on rhetorical theory, social movements, communication theory, public relations, organizational communication, crisis communication, risk communication, terrorism, and reputation management. He edited the Encyclopedia of Public Relations and the Handbook of Public Relations. He has lectured in many countries, to business and non-profit groups, and for various professional organizations. In May 2007, he was saluted by the Issue Management Council for his leadership over three decades to foster mutual interests between the corporation and all stakeholders and stakeseekers.