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- Title
The Role of Public Relations in Deliberative Systems.
- Authors
Edwards, Lee
- Abstract
This article reframes public relations' contribution to democracy in light of the recent turn to deliberative systems in democratic theory. I consider the problematic that public relations poses to normative models of deliberative democracy, and how that problematic has been addressed in public relations theory thus far. I suggest that deliberative systems provide a more robust basis for theorizing public relations' role in deliberation and propose an analytical approach for understanding the complex and sometimes contradictory role of public relations in deliberative democracy. The framework provides a starting point for locating public relations' engagement in deliberative systems and evaluating its effects.
- Subjects
PUBLIC relations research; ORGANIZATIONAL communication; DELIBERATIVE democracy; DECISION making; REPRESENTATIVE government
- Publication
Journal of Communication, 2016, Vol 66, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0021-9916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jcom.12199