‘AI adoption in government public relations: Technology acceptance, social influence, and organizational dynamics in the UAE’ by Engy Khalil & Fatmah Arif Al-Ali #PRinMENA journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

‘Integrating cultural safety into public relations’ by Maryam Folarin & Lukasz Swiatek argues for a significant shift in culturally oriented public relations practice and theory by placing individuals and listening at the heart of public relations efforts journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Cristina Navarro, Rana AlOmari, Rasha Alyaquob & Mariam Alkazemi found job satisfaction shapes perceptions of professionalism more than years of experience in this research mapping PR development in Jordan, Kuwait & Bahrain for our #PRinMENA special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🔔 ‘The socio-ecological costs of AI: Toward socially responsible and sustainable communication practices’ by Emma Christensen #OnlineFirst journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Our September Special Issue: ‘PR and Social Justice: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Future Directions on the Impact of Public Relations and Promotional Communication on Human Rights and Social Inequalities’ is published journals.sagepub.com/toc/pri/curr...

can’t wait for this #FirstNations approaches to PR special issue of @prinquiry.bsky.social to be published - deadline for papers is Jan 2026

📣 CFP ‘First Nations approaches to public relations: Resisting colonialist legacies of communication’ special issue with guest editors Treena Clark Juli Holloway & Debashish Munshi - deadline 31 Jan 2026 journals.sagepub.com/page/pri/cal...

new research from Laura L Lemon: an autoethnographic study reflecting on their experience overseeing employee engagement for faculty and staff journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

new research on AI adoption in the UAE PR industry reveals the lack of culturally and linguistically localised AI tools & cultural resistance rooted in a preference for personal interaction limit AI’s widespread integration #PRinMENA journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

new research from CK (Kay) Weaver & Franzisca Weder shows professional communicators are claiming narrative agency in sustainability & change contexts, focusing on ethics in the act of storytelling and dialogicality [open access] journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I’m also wearing my @prinquiry.bsky.social editor’s hat - happy to chat about research on critical PR and promotional culture #IAMCR2025

‘Corporate social advocacy and reproductive rights: Analyzing public relations responses to Dobbs v. Jackson’ [$] new publication on CSA & reproductive rights in USA by Teresa Tackett, Josh C Bramlett @smquick.bsky.social & Amelia McKee journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‘Bridging competency gaps in UAE government communication: Assessing skills, challenges, and professional development needs’ by Khayrat Ayyad, Ahmed Farouk Radwan, Engy Khalil, Shareefa Al-Marzooqi & Huda AlDah [$] #PRinMENA journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

you can read our research ‘The Living Flame’🔥 [free] on energy promotion & the entanglement of gender, media history & promotional industries in @prinquiry.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Jenny Hou argues storytelling isn’t just a communication strategy or influence tactic—it’s an important participatory methodological approach in ‘Storytelling as methodology: Intersecting multicultural voices to decolonise PR’ [open access] journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Tanya Muscat & @katharinawolf.bsky.social investigate the failure of Australia’s 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum, highlighting the complex interplay between recognition, misrecognition, & the silencing of marginalised voices journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#PR scholars heading to #IAMCR25 - our journal editor @katefitch.bsky.social will be in Singapore so reach out if you would like to chat. We welcome critical, interpretative & interdisciplinary contributions on PR & society.

What is the role of promotional/PR practices in deeply divided societies (ie where the social cleavages are the result of political violence and conflict with ongoing trauma)? Prof Ian Somerville discusses his research with Prof Lee Edwards in this Q&A. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‘The Living Flame’ 🔥 by @katefitch.bsky.social & Belinda Smaill investigates the impact of promotional industries on environmental justice by analysing the promotion of ‘natural’ gas journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Editorial: ‘ PR & Social Justice: Interdisciplinary Reflections & Future Directions on the Impact of PR & Promotional Communication on Human Rights & Social Inequalities’ by E.Ciszek, Lee Edwards @katefitch.bsky.social & Jenny Hou journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Kidinfluencers, PR & human rights - new research by Catherine Archer & Kate Delmo journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Aeron Davis @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social argues promotional activity redefined housing as investable assets rather than a human right & influenced market-oriented public policy instead of state solutions to homelessness and inequality journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to have last ever academic essay published in @prinquiry.bsky.social. On PR, culture and climate collapse. Thanks to @katefitch.bsky.social and all who made it possible

thought-provoking essay from Jo Fawkes reflecting on PR’s contribution to the climate emergency, from cultural and spiritual perspectives journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#PR scholars heading to #ICA25 - our journal editor @kristindemetrious.bsky.social is attending the #criticalPR pre-conference as well as the big event if you’d like to chat

the May 2025 editorial is online @alenkajelen.bsky.social @kristindemetrious.bsky.social & I call on PR scholars to be ‘troublemakers’

so pleased that we have published this important paper on PR education in @prinquiry.bsky.social

new editorial: the work of critical PR scholars, unmasking power structures, identifying social injustices, upholding human rights and revealing social and environmental harms, is an important act of resistance to confront powerful, ideological forces journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

PR scholars should lead students through anti-racist, emancipatory, and critical advocacy work to prepare them to be ethical and social justice-minded PR professionals #justpublished journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

thanks to the judges, Lee Edwards, Øyvind Ihlen and Damion Waymer, to all our wonderful authors and reviewers and to @sagepub.com for supporting the L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏🤩🏆

And a tremendous thank you to the advocates who shared their experiences for the research. Details about the award, other phenomenal shortlisted papers, and recent scholarship are available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I’m absolutely honored to receive the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award for outstanding research! Thank you to the editors and reviewers at @prinquiry.bsky.social for making this opportunity possible! I look forward to seeing this award evolve and grow critical PR scholarship for years to come.

Congratulations Sarah Aghazadeh as the inaugural winner of the L’Etang-Pieczka Award. Your interdisciplinary paper is a worthy winner, tackling taboos around pregnancy loss and offering new directions in PR scholarship. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

congratulations @saaghazadeh.bsky.social 🙌

Congratulations to the inaugural winner of the L’Etang-Pieczka Award: Sarah A. Aghazadeh @saaghazadeh.bsky.social Don’t say “the D word”: Exploring death taboo and biopower in pregnancy loss awareness advocacy 👏 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🙌 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Piezcka Award 🙌 Sarah A Aghazadeh’s article, ‘Don’t say the D-word’ explores pregnancy loss through a sociocultural perspective of PR, drawing on interviews with 17 advocates & activists journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

👏 shortlisted for in the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Elin Helgesson’s investigation of public affairs and lobbyists ‘Folk devils and moral vigilantes – The occupational branding of public affairs consultants and the management of stigma‘ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👏 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Derek Moscato: ‘All the city’s a stage: Greenpeace, #VWDarkside, and the popular appeals of urban climate activism’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👏 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Naíde Müller: ‘Challenge or resist dominant discourses: Authenticity as a strategic component of activist public relations’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

tomorrow 📣 🙌 🎉

👏 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Naíde Müller: ‘Challenge or resist dominant discourses: Authenticity as a strategic component of activist public relations’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👏 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Derek Moscato: ‘All the city’s a stage: Greenpeace, #VWDarkside, and the popular appeals of urban climate activism’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👏 shortlisted for in the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Elin Helgesson’s investigation of public affairs and lobbyists ‘Folk devils and moral vigilantes – The occupational branding of public affairs consultants and the management of stigma‘ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🙌 shortlisted for the inaugural L’Etang-Piezcka Award 🙌 Sarah A Aghazadeh’s article, ‘Don’t say the D-word’ explores pregnancy loss through a sociocultural perspective of PR, drawing on interviews with 17 advocates & activists journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

For educators interested in visual communication, check out my review of the book Visual Citizenship in the latest edition of Public Relations inquiry el.sagepub.com/ls/click?upn...

really pleased to announce this new award for#criticalPR scholarship - congrats to the finalists

exciting news! we have launched the L’Etang-Pieczka Award to recognise innovative, critical, creative and boundary-pushing public relations scholarship journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...