Networks of neuronormativity: Toward a systemic understanding of marginalization in public relations

IF 3.4 3区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS

Public Relations Review Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI:10.1016/j.pubrev.2025.102610

Joel Lansing Reed , Astrid M. Villamil , Scott E. Branton II

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Abstract

This study explores how systems of marginalization permeate relationship networks and how the practice of public relations intermediates those systems. Through the analysis of 22 semi-structured interviews with leaders of neurodiversity workforce intermediaries (NWIs), we explore how advocates for neurodivergent employment encounter, uphold, and/or respond to systems of marginalization. The findings suggest that marginalization produced relational tensions within NWIs’ relationship networks that constrained their advocacy efforts. We argue that a critical network approach to public relations reveals how marginalization operates systemically, materializing in both tacit and explicit ways within different facets of relationship networks. We further suggest that the practice of public relations involves intermediation with these systems of marginalization. We conclude by stressing the importance of moving beyond episodic or incidental understandings of marginalization within public relations research to explore the socio-cultural systems that inform and constrain relationships. l

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神经规范网络：对公共关系中边缘化的系统理解

本研究探讨边缘化系统如何渗透到关系网络中，以及公共关系的实践如何在这些系统中起到中介作用。通过对神经多样性劳动力中介机构（NWIs）领导人进行的22次半结构化访谈的分析，我们探讨了神经多样性就业的倡导者如何遭遇、维护和/或应对边缘化系统。研究结果表明，边缘化在新移民的关系网络中产生了关系紧张，限制了他们的倡导努力。我们认为，公共关系的关键网络方法揭示了边缘化是如何系统地运作的，在关系网络的不同方面以隐性和显性的方式具体化。我们进一步建议，公共关系的实践涉及到这些边缘化制度的中介。最后，我们强调了在公共关系研究中超越对边缘化的偶然或偶然理解的重要性，以探索告知和约束关系的社会文化系统。l

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Public Relations Review Multiple-

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8.00

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19.00%

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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.