Recent Posts
- Shock, Horror! PR ‘turns’ to dissent and protest
It’s decades since public relations was an exclusive tool available only to the rich and powerful for influencing public opinion, though the PR academy has been rather slow, I believe, in noticing that. The catch-up has now definitely started and is witnessed by a post-modern ‘turn’ in our thinking about the subject (e.g. the Americans [...]
- CMC hosts ‘Engaging’ event for local politics
In July, CMC staff hosted a one-day conference on engaging citizens in their democracy that attracted about two dozen local politicians and campaigners, MPs and members of the public. ‘Engaging the Public: Putting the people back into democracy’, held at the Executive Business Centre on 6 July, included presentations from CMC’s Politics and Media Research [...]
- Engaging the public #storify
Thank you to everyone who joined our event yesterday. Here is a quick review of what happened. We’ll be back with more details soon. [View the story "Engaging the public" on Storify]
- Engaging the Public – Getting the Message Out White Paper
Linked to our event on Engaging the Public (6th July) we have produced a white paper which offers guidance on social media usage and monitoring for political communicators. The paper is free to use and free to share and can be downloaded from the below link. Your feedback is very welcome. Engaging the Public – [...]
- Frontlines of Research Seminar, June 14th
This is the second of a series of seminars organised at the Frontline Club in London by the Media School of Bournemouth University and takes place at 6.00pm on Thursday 14th June. At these informal events Bournemouth researchers will present some of their work and invite discussion of its implications for the practice of media [...]
