Exploring leisure and municipal government public relations for community: A case example of parks and recreation

IF 4.1 3区 管理学 Q2 BUSINESS
Sarah A. Aghazadeh
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The concept of community expresses a variety of responsibilities that public relations has in building connections, good will, and wellbeing amongst collectives of people. Community also parallels many U.S. expectations of government; however, public relations has few studies that investigate the collaboration between government and citizens or how different government services (e.g., public works, public health, building enforcement, etc.) influence community building. Specifically, parks and recreation has been overlooked in the public relations literature as citizens and government collectively support these lifelines of community wellbeing and social connectedness. Through qualitative analysis of focus groups with city residents and interviews with city parks and recreation personnel, I present thematic findings that explicate how citizens and city staff engage in community building and the specific role that leisure plays in community building processes. Lastly, I offer implications for public relations theory that argue to shift local community and governance theory to be citizen-centered and use the concept of family to explicate the function of community in small municipal contexts.

探索休闲和市政府社区公共关系:公园与娱乐案例
社区的概念表达了公共关系在建立人与人之间的联系,善意和福利方面的各种责任。社区也和许多美国人对政府的期望相似;然而,公共关系很少研究政府和公民之间的合作,或 者不同的政府服务(比如,公共工程,公共卫生,建筑执法等)是如何影响社区建设的。具体来说,公园和娱乐在公共关系文献中一直被忽视,因为市民和政府共同支持着这些社区福利和社会联系的生命线。通过对城市居民焦点小组的定性分析以及对城市公园和娱乐人员的访谈,我提出了一些主题性的发现,阐释了市民和城市工作人员是如何参与社区建设的,以及休闲在社区建设过程中扮演的具体角色。最后,我提出了对公共关系理论的启示,主张将地方社区和治理理论转变为以公民为中心,并使用家庭的概念来阐释社区在小城市环境中的功能。
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期刊介绍: The Public Relations Review is the oldest journal devoted to articles that examine public relations in depth, and commentaries by specialists in the field. Most of the articles are based on empirical research undertaken by professionals and academics in the field. In addition to research articles and commentaries, The Review publishes invited research in brief, and book reviews in the fields of public relations, mass communications, organizational communications, public opinion formations, social science research and evaluation, marketing, management and public policy formation.
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