PR Strategy and Application Managing Influence

PR Strategy and Applications is a comprehensive text that situates Public Relations in a context for the 21 st century, as a set of tools not just for the advertising executive and the reputation manager, but also for the activist, the diplomat, the crisis manager, and the homeland security officer. Explores the ways that PR pervades our culture and society with both positive and negative effects , moving away from the strictly corporate-centric view of public relations Provides current examples and case-studies that illustrate the pervasive use of public relations across corporations, governments, NGOs, and in the media Considers how and why activists have used and developed public relations to meet their needs throughout history Explores corporate social responsibility as a new steering force for public relations in the 21 st century Re-examines the interdependence of stakeholders and organizations, expanding upon the ideas introduced in the authors' award-winning book It's Not Just PR

W. Timothy Coombs is Professor of Corporate Communication at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of Code Red in the Boardroom (2006), Today's Public Relations (2006), and, with Sherry J. Holladay, It's Not Just PR (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). He is editor, with Sherry J. Holladay, of The Handbook of Crisis Communication (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). Sherry J. Holladay is Professor of Corporate Communication at Eastern Illinois University. She is the author of numerous articles related to corporate communication.