Major presentations at IHPRC
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, Resources
The opening of the conference, both keynote speeches and the “Meet the (PR Academic Journal) Editors” panel discussion were all streamed live on July 8 and 9. Here are the links to each of them.
Dr Karen Russell keynote – http://www.vimeo.com/13179788
Meet The Editors Panel Pt 1 – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bu-history-of-pr-conference—meet-the-editors
Meet The Editors Panel Pt 2- http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8150584
Dr Jacquie L’Etang – http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8164120
Later they will be more formally posted on the Conference website.
Dr. J. L’Etang Keynote
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8164120
Dr J. L’Etang keynote live at 9am
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
PR Conference Live at 9am – Dr J. L’Etang
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bu-history-of-pr-conference—dr-j-l-etang
Meet the Editors Video
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
Part 2 of the meet the Editors discussion at the History of PR Conference.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8150584
History of PR – Keynote Speech 1 – Dr. Karen M. Russell
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
PR Moment features IHPRC
Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
The UK’s PR Moment website has featured the International History of Public Relations Conference in its latest edition. We also contributed a light-hearted ‘History of PR’ time line to it. Thanks to Ben Smith and Daney Parker of PR Moment for their interest and support.
There’s already been a flow of interest arising from the feature which has led to one of our highest daily “hits” on this site.
Four sponsors supporting IHPRC
Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
With the assistance of four sponsors, the First International History of Public Relations Conference (IHPRC) is heading for success. The sponsors are:
Bournemouth University, home to the conference, is providing the venue, administration and marketing support. IHPRC is being held in the recently-opened Executive Business Centre. BU is the No.1 New University in the UK and was one of the first universities to offer studies in public relations.
The Journal of Communication Management, which published the first History of Public Relations special issue in 2008, is maintaining its support for research and scholarship in this new and exciting field. JCOM is sponsoring the coffee breaks on both days of IHPRC and will be publishing another PR history special issue in 2011. JCOM is an Emerald Group Publishing journal.
Ketchum Pleon, the European arm of the internationally-operating Ketchum public relations consultancy, has given funds to assist three current or recent graduate students to attend IHPRC. The students are Antje Berg (Germany), David Berendt (UK) and David Remund (US).
PRCA (Public Relations Consultants Association) is the professional body that represents PR consultancies and in-house communications teams in the UK. The Association, which is committed to raising standards in the industry, is sponsoring the IHPRC lunch buffet on Friday, July 9.
The logos of all sponsors, with click-through to their corporate websites, are across the foot of the IHPRC website. Further sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Prof. Tom Watson at BU at twatson@bournemouth.ac.uk
CIPR support for IHPRC
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
The UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations has featured the First International History of Public Relations Conference on the home page of its newly relaunched website. We thank CIPR President Jay O’Connor for her interest and support for IHPRC and hope that CIPR Members and Fellows will join us on July 8-9.
‘Meet the Editors’ panel for July 8
Posted on 30. May, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, News
Meet the editors of the three leading public relations academic journals at the International History of Public Relations Conference on Thursday July 8.
In a special addition to the IHPRC’s schedule, a panel of editors is being introduced featuring two renowned PR historiansRay Hiebert (Public Relations Review) and Karen Russell (Journal of Public Relations Research) along with Anne Gregory (Journal of Communication Management). The panel will take place at the end of the main session on IHPRC’s first day, July 8.
“This is a first for PR scholarship in Europe and a special benefit for delegates,” said Prof Tom Watson, IHPRC conference chair who will moderate the session.
“These three renowned editors will make short presentations on the current state of PR scholarships before discussion is opened. The panel will be filmed by Bournemouth University and posted on the IHPRC website.
Registration for IHPRC is still open with more than 60 delegates already booked in. For UK delegates, there is a special £140 one-day registration.
Conference speaker schedule announced
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Tom Watson in Conference, Uncategorized
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS CONFERENCE
JULY 8-9, 2010
Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University
Speaker schedule
Each day starts with a Keynote Speaker. Delegates then have a choice of attending presentations from two parallel streams. Each day ends with a plenary session. At the close of Day 2, a film report on the conference will be screened.
Day 1 – Thursday, July 8, 2010
| 0800 – 0900 | Registration – EBC Lobby | |
| 0900 – 0920 | Welcome by Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nick Petford, and Conference Chair, Prof. Tom Watson | |
| 0920 – 1000 | Keynote Address 1: Dr Karen M. Russell: Embracing the Embarrassing | |
| 1000 -1015 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| STREAM A | STREAM B | |
| 1015 – 1045 | Marius Lange:
Propaganda instead of PR? Corporate public relations in the transition from the Weimar Republic to the next dictatorship |
Burton St John & Meg Lamme:
The evolution of an idea: Charting the early public relations ideology of Edward L Bernays 1919-1929 |
| 1045 – 1115 | Gunter Bentele & Sandra Muhlberg:
Can propaganda and public relations coexist? Socialistic public relations in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 1965-1989 |
Tom Hove & Richard Cole:
Edward Bernays, the United Fruit Company and the ethical complexities of the public relations counsel |
| 1115 – 1145 | Mark McElreath, Lyudmila Azarova & Olga Markova:
The history of applied and professions ethics in public relations in the United States and Russia: The case for relatively universal principles. |
Robert Heath:
Evolution of issues management: John Hill, tobacco controversy, and the battle of scientists. |
| 1145 – 1215 | Michael Palenchar & Bernardo Motta:
Historical evolution of community right to know: Implications on the development and practice of public relations |
David Remund The world’s work:
Arthur W. Page and the movement towards social responsibility in corporate communications in the United States 1913-1927 |
| 1215 – 1330 | BUFFET LUNCH | |
| 1330 – 1400 | Andy Purcell & Ian Somerville:
A history of Republican paramilitary public relations in Northern Ireland from “Bloody Sunday” to the Good Friday Agreement’ |
Bonita Neff:
The history of public relations body of knowledge development within associations: Global implications |
| 1400 – 1430 | Conor McGrath:
Charles Weller Kent:The UK’s first parliamentary lobbyist (1913-1916)? |
Donald Wright:
A critical analysis of the history and development of public relations education in the United States and Canada |
| 1430 – 1500 | Jane Howard:
The evolution of UK PR consultancies, 1985 – 2010 |
Aimee Postle:
A study of the role played by PR-specific education in the recruitment process |
| 1500 – 1515 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| 1515 – 1545 | Jane Johnston:
A history of public relations on screen: Cinema and television depictions since the 1930s |
David Berendt:
Revealing historical evidence of public relations professionalization and commercialization |
| 1545 – 1615 | Richard Stanton:Politics, Publicity and the Press:
The South Sea Bubble and the eighteenth century birth of modern public relations |
Owen Kulemeka:
All the old media were once new media: Public relations and new media technologies between 1950-1999 |
| 1615 – 1700 | PLENARY SESSION | |
| 1730 – 1900 | Drinks Reception, EBC | |
| 1900 | Conference closes for the day | |
Day 2 – Friday, July 9, 2010
| 0830 – 0900 | Refreshments on arrival; Day delegates register | |
| 0900 – 0945 | Keynote Address 2: Dr Jacquie L’Etang: Thinking about PR History | |
| STREAM A | STREAM B | |
| 0945 – 1015 | Peter Sekuless:
History of government relations and lobbying in Australia |
Oliver Raaz, Stefan Wehmeier & Peggy Hoy:
Histories of public relations: Comparing the historiography of British, German and US public relations |
| 1015 – 1045 | Patricia A. Curtin & Lisa Forster:
Creating counternarratives: Harvey company publicity and Native Americans: 1902-1936 |
Gunter Bentele:
PR-Historiography, a functional-integrative strata model and periods of German PR history |
| 1045- 1100 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| 1100 – 1130 | Diana Knott Martinelli:
A practical and theoretical look at women’s use of public relations to spur early to mid 20th century U.S social change |
Vincent Hazleton:
Theoretic issues in histories of public relations |
| 1130 – 1200 | Donnalyn Pompper:
Discovering U.S frontier women and their public relations functions |
Kaja Tampere:
Historical heritage: Paradigmatic changes in the PR field in the 20th century |
| 1200 – 1230 | Veronique Pouillard:
The 1958 International Congress for Public Relations and the question of the late development of PR in continental Europe |
Maria Isabel Miguez Gonzalez:
From Public Relations to Communication Management: historical revision of Public Relations and fundamentals of a new discipline |
| 1230 – 1330 | BUFFET LUNCH | |
| 1330 – 1400 | Gyorgi Szondi:
Public relations in communist Hungary – an historical perspective |
Lee Edwards:
Empire, Economy and Exploitation: A raced view of public relations history |
| 1400 – 1430 | Elisabetta Bini, Fernando Fasce & Toni Muzi Falconi:
The origins and early developments of public relations in Italy 1945-1960 |
Pawel Surowiec:
Rethinking national images management from propaganda to nation branding |
| 1430 – 1500 | Peter Szszka:
Public Relations in Germany – own or common history? |
Donn James Tilson:
A view of the social dimension of public relations through the rearview mirror of time |
| 1500 – 1530 | Antje Berg:F
orced professionalisation? An analysis of government public relations in the German empire using the example of the 1890-1914 “Navy Propaganda” |
Vehbi Miftari & Vilma Biba:
History of public relations in Kosovo |
| 1530 – 1545 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| 1545 – 1630 | PLENARY SESSION AND FILM REPORT | |
| 1630 | CONFERENCE CONCLUDES | |
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