Commentary: new technologies, public relations, and democracy

This commentary is based on Hiebert's keynote address given to BledCom 2004, the 11th International Public Relations Research Symposium on “New Concepts and Technologies for Public Relations, Public Affairs, and Corporate Communication,” Bled, Slovenia, July 2, 2004. It suggests that the new co...

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Published in:Public relations review 2005-03, Vol.31 (1), p.1-9
Main Author: Hiebert, Ray E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American election
Authority
Civil society
Communication
Democracy
Elections
Google
Information technology
Intelligent agent
Iraq war
Iraq War-2003
New technologies
Propaganda
Public dialogue
Public relations
Public sphere
Social aspects
Spin
Technological determinism
Technology and state
Transparency
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Summary:This commentary is based on Hiebert's keynote address given to BledCom 2004, the 11th International Public Relations Research Symposium on “New Concepts and Technologies for Public Relations, Public Affairs, and Corporate Communication,” Bled, Slovenia, July 2, 2004. It suggests that the new communication technologies can save democracy by restoring dialogic and participatory communication in the public sphere, thus preserving a role for public relations as two-way communication rather than propaganda and spin. However, the pathway ahead for public relations is strewn with landmines.
ISSN:0363-8111
1873-4537
DOI:10.1016/j.pubrev.2004.11.001