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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780047303321

Autore

Mickey Thomas J

Titolo

Deconstructing public relations [[electronic resource] ] : public relations criticism / / Thomas J. Mickey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003

ISBN

1-135-65221-X

1-282-37433-8

9786612374333

1-4106-0668-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

659.2

Soggetti

Public relations

Deconstruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1 Why Deconstruct? 1 -- 2 Cultural Studies Approach 5 -- 3 Alcohol as Medicine 19 -- 4 Representation of Woman 47 -- 5 Selling the Internet 61 -- 6 Garden According to Martha Stewart 79 -- 7 A Community Relations Campaign 99 -- 8 The Language of Mental Illness 109 -- 9 The Ideology of an AIDS Prevention Campaign 121 -- 10 The Monet Exhibit 141 -- 11 Olympic Gold 151.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a critical look at public relations practice, utilizing case studies from public relations, advertising, and marketing to illustrate the deconstruction and analysis of public relations campaigns. Author Thomas J. Mickey uses a cultural studies approach and demonstrates how it can be used as a critical theory for public relations practice, offering real-world examples to support his argument.  Through the interpretive act of deconstruction, this book serves to challenge the myth of public relations as an objective ""science,"" allowing the social importance of publi