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Public Relations in Times of Dissensus: Narratives, Artifacts, and the Challenges of Meaning

Burton St John III

This book posits that contemporary advanced societies are witnessing an increase in contestation and dissensus that complicates the public relations industry's long-standing imperative to work for consensus and harmony between their clients and those clients' stakeholders. Contributors demonstrate the ways in which public relations - both in scholarship and in practice - needs to better account for this increasing fractiousness and move past increasingly antiquated notions concerning the role of public relations as a potentially constructive force.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Publish Date: Jan 8th, 2026
  • Pages: 1
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 1.00in - 1.00lb
  • EAN: 9781666967760
  • Categories: Media StudiesCommunication Studies

About the Author

Burton St. John III is Associate Chair and Professor of Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Saima Kazmi is Assistant Professor of Advertising at the University of Oregon.

Joshua Foust is Assistant Professor of Public Relations at Syracuse University.