Conference launch
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Tom Watson in Conference
An academic conference on the History of Public Relations will be held from Thursday July 8 to Friday July 9, 2010 at Bournemouth University in Poole, England.
The conference, titled as The First International History of Public Relations Conference is being organised by the Centre for Public Communication Research in BU’s Media School. It will be the first international opportunity for academic researchers, historians and interested practitioners to meet, hear papers and discuss this emerging area of research.
A Special Issue on the History of Public Relations published in the Journal of Communication Management in 2008 12(4) showed convincingly that there was world-wide interest, with contributions from Australia, Spain, UK and the US. Some challenged orthodoxies whilst others brought less-considered topics and national PR industries into a well-researched view.
The Call for Papers resulted in 65 abstracts being submitted with a wide range of themes and topics. As this will be the first international conference of its type, it is hoped that the width and richness of the history of public relations can be demonstrated. All papers will be peer reviewed and a selection of them will be published in another Special Issue of the Journal of Communication Management in late 2010.
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