Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts

Introduction: Applying Social Theory to Public Relations On Beck: Risk and Sub-politics in Reflexive Modernity On Berger: A Social Constructionist Perspective on Public Relations and Crisis Communication On Bourdieu: Public Relations in Field Struggles On Foucault: A Toolbox for Public Relations On Giddens: Interpreting Public Relations through Anthony Giddens' Structuration and Late Modernity Theory On Goffman: Researching Relations with Erving Goffman as Pathfinder On Habermas: Understanding and Public Relations On Latour: Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) and Public Relations On Luhmann: Contingency, Risk, Trust and Reflection On Mayhew: The Demonization of Public Relations and the Validation of the New Citizen On Putnam: Bowling Together--Applying Putnam's Theories of Community and Social Capital to Public Relations On Feminist Theory of Public Relations: An Example from Dorothy E. Smith On Spivak: Theorizing Resistance: Applying Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in Public Relations On Weber: Legitimacy and Legitimation in Public Relations Conclusions on the Domain, Context, Concepts, Issues, and Empirical Avenues of Public Relations Commentary: Linking Sociology with Public Relations--Some Critical Reflections in Reflexive Times