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Responsibility, sustainability, or environmental justice? Strategic communication and evolving expectations for stewardship and citizenship 责任、可持续性还是环境正义？战略传播与不断变化的管理和公民期望

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x241232811

Luke Capizzo, Monique Luisi

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Don’t say “the D word”: Exploring death taboo and biopower in pregnancy loss awareness advocacy 别说 "D字"：探索妊娠损失意识宣传中的死亡禁忌和生物权力

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x241234066

Sarah A. Aghazadeh

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Public relations, activism, and the culture of assertion: The case of Blackrock’s Larry Fink and the letter to the CEOs 公共关系、激进主义和断言文化：Blackrock 的拉里-芬克和致首席执行官们的信

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231224830

Joshua Foust, Burton St. John

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Beyond economic dependency: Nation branding in Latin America subdued to stereotypes and neoliberal globalization 超越经济依赖：拉丁美洲的国家品牌建设受陈规定型观念和新自由主义全球化的影响

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231224834

Pablo Miño

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Editorial: Opening doors in public relations research 社论：打开公共关系研究之门

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231223536

Kristin Demetrious, Alenka Jelen, Kate Fitch

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Humanoid artificial intelligence, media conferences and natural responses to journalists’ questions: The end of (human-to-human) public relations? 仿人人工智能、媒体会议和对记者提问的自然回答：人与人之间）公共关系的终结？

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231221828

Lukasz Swiatek, Chris Galloway, M. Vujnovic, Dean Kruckeberg

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When communist propaganda meets western public relations: Examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication 当共产主义宣传遇上西方公共关系：考察越南政府的大流行病传播

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231218310

Thu Luong Le, Elena Block

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Understanding Australian multiculturalism in public relations practice through a social justice lens 从社会公正的角度理解公共关系实践中的澳大利亚多元文化主义

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231218311

Som Sengmany

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Folk devils and moral vigilantes – The occupational branding of public affairs consultants and the management of stigma 民间魔鬼与道德卫士--公共事务顾问的职业品牌与污名化管理

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Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231218309

Elin Helgesson

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Public relations recruitment as boundary-making: The client, the ‘fit’ and the disposability of diversity 公共关系招聘作为边界制定:客户，“适合”和多样性的可处置性

Public Relations Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1177/2046147x231210277

Lee Edwards, Sundeep Aulakh

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