Postcard from the Steppes: a snapshot of public relations and culture in Kazakhstan

Terry, Valerie

doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2004.11.003

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“…Terry (2005) used the circuit of culture model to examine activists practicing public relations in Kazakhstan. Here, the international context was critical as she demonstrated that Western-centric, neoliberal models of public relations failed to explain the case of Kazakhstan, where she spent 10 months doing ethnographic research (Terry, 2005). Terry (2005) described moments of production as consumed by money.…”

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“…Here, the international context was critical as she demonstrated that Western-centric, neoliberal models of public relations failed to explain the case of Kazakhstan, where she spent 10 months doing ethnographic research (Terry, 2005). Terry (2005) described moments of production as consumed by money. Everyone was paying someone in this practice of public relations; articles were bought and sold (Terry, 2005).…”

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“…Terry (2005) described moments of production as consumed by money. Everyone was paying someone in this practice of public relations; articles were bought and sold (Terry, 2005). This destroyed any shred of credibility.…”

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“…'Communication/meaning in the public domain becomes, in effect, meaningless'. (Terry, 2005: 34) L'Etang, (2011) argued that Terry (2005) furthered the dominant, managerial approach to practice and theory by privileging it as the desired, 'Western' way to do public relations instead of acknowledging and exploring the cultural differences in Kazakhstan where her fieldwork took place (L'Etang, 2011). Although this is true (after all, Terry is a Westerner and no amount of ethnography or self-reflexivity will change this), Terry's use of the circuit of culture is still instructive for the study of public relations and activism because it privileges context and power.…”

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Spokesperson is a four-letter word: Public relations and power in Occupy New York

Reyes

2018

Public Relations Inquiry

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Adding to the growing literature considering public relations practitioners as activists, this qualitative, interpretative research article explores the controversial idea of acting as spokesperson for a so-called leaderless social movement, Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Through interviews with members of the erstwhile OWS Press Relations Working Group in New York, this article explores their negotiated dual roles as both activists and practitioners. Using critical cultural theory with its emphasis on power, context, and history, the group’s media relations tactics are discussed with an emphasis on the role of spokesperson, revealing contested meanings about public relations work. The framework of the circuit of culture explains the constraints experienced by many of these activist practitioners as they navigated ideals of their movement that were often in conflict with their public relations practices. The study finds uneasy relationships with power in relation to internal and external communication. Specifically, the group disrupts the false binaries of managerial and critical cultural approaches to public relations, as well as agency and oppression through contextual power. Their work brokers a paradox – speaking to change the status quo through a media system arguably captured by the status quo, while using a tactic that was seen as equally problematic.

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Reyes

2018

Public Relations Inquiry

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“…Despite its origins in cultural studies, the Circuit of Culture has been widely applied within the context of public relations (e.g. Al-Kandari & Gaither, 2011;Ciszek, 2015;Edwards, 2013;Han & Zhang, 2009;Schoenberger-Orgad, 2011;Terry, 2005;Toledano & McKie, 2007), most notably by Curtin and Gaither (e.g. 2006;, who have used the circuit as a base to develop their cultural-economic model (2005), as well as a practice matrix (2007).…”

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Rethinking the circuit of culture: How participatory culture has transformed cross-cultural communication

Tombleson

Wolf

2017

Public Relations Review

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This paper explores the influence of digital communicationand in particular social mediaon cross-cultural communication, based on the Circuit of Culture model. Scholarly literature supports the notion that social media has changed the speed at which we communicate, as well as removed traditional (geographical) boundaries around crosscultural campaigns. Since the introduction of digital media, the role of the public relations practitioner has become more strategic in order to maintain relevance with even more diverseand dispersed-audiences. Large scale campaigns, like the Human Rights Campaign to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights, have seen messages spread far beyond the country of origin, and with that, demonstrate the ability to affect advocacy campaigns in other countries. The authors argue that instead of acting as cultural intermediaries, public relations practitioners must become cultural curators, with the skills to create meaning from audiences, who are now content creators in their own rights, and encourage a true participatory environment that sees cultural values shared as part of an organic exchange process.

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Public relations

L'Etang¹

2012

The Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization

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Public relations comprises a range of activities conducted by organizational agents (employees or temporary consultants) that are designed to contribute to the effectiveness of the organizations they represent by improving organizational relationships with stakeholders and the media. Although public relations is probably best known for its media relations work, some work is less well‐known, such as employee relations and community relations. Public relations work involves persuasive communication and advocacy, lobbying, source–media relations, reputation and relationship management and issues and crisis management. Public relations has a remit for corporate social responsibility through its issues management function and responsibility for reputation. Public relations supports organizational goals employing a range of interpersonal, online and off‐line targeted and mass communications, contributes to the facilitation of public conversations and debate on issues important to the organization and therefore may be seen as “discourse work.”

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Postcard from the Steppes: a snapshot of public relations and culture in Kazakhstan

Cited by 11 publications

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Spokesperson is a four-letter word: Public relations and power in Occupy New York

Spokesperson is a four-letter word: Public relations and power in Occupy New York

Rethinking the circuit of culture: How participatory culture has transformed cross-cultural communication

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