Secrecy in Public Relations, Mediation and News Cultures

This book investigates the relationship of secrecy as a social practice to contemporary media, news cultures and public relations. It will appeal to students of public relations, sociology, media studies, cultural studies and communication studies.

Autorentext

Anne M. Cronin is Professor of Cultural Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. Her previous books include Public*Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy (2018); Advertising, Commercial Spaces and the Urban (2010); Advertising Myths: The Strange Half-Lives of Images and Commodities (2004); Advertising and Consumer Citizenship: Gender, Images and Rights* (2000).

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. Framing Secrecy, Publicity and News Media Cultures; 3. PR Techniques of Secrecy and Publicity; 4. News Cultures, Journalism and the Secrecy-Publicity Dynamic; 5. Revelation and Secrecy in PR and News Media Cultures; 6. Theorising Secrecy and the Media Today; Index