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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · 20d

‘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...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · 21d

‘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

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · 21d

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

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The socio-ecological costs of AI: Toward socially responsible and sustainable communication practices - Emma Christensen, 2025

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · 23d

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

The adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) among communication practitioners and researchers surged after the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. ...

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 30

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...

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣 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
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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣 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
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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lemon, L. L. (2025). A glimpse behind the curtain: Using cocreational employee engagement to support university faculty and staff. Public Relations Inquiry [$] #OnlineFirst doi.org/10.1177/2046...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 12

new research from Laura L Lemon: an autoethnographic study reflecting on their experience overseeing employee engagement for faculty and staff
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The integration of artificial intelligence in public relations practice in the UAE: Analyzing opportunities and challenges through the AMO theory framework - Ahmed Farouk Radwan, Sheren Ali Mousa, Kha...

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 6

#OnlineFirst Radwan, A. F., Mousa, S. A., Ayyad, K., & Adulzaher, M. H. (2025). The integration of artificial intelligence in public relations practice in the UAE: Analyzing opportunities and challenges through the AMO theory framework. Public Relations Inquiry doi.org/10.1177/2046...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into public relations (PR) is transforming traditional communication strategies by enhancing content creation, a...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Aug 6

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/...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 30

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....

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jul 13

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

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 9

‘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/...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 7

‘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
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The Living Flame: Energy, promotion and ‘natural’ gas in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s - Kate Fitch, Belinda Smaill, 2025

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jun 29

you can read our research ‘The Living Flame’🔥 [free] on energy promotion & the entanglement of gender, media history & promotional industries in @prinquiry.bsky.social
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For most of the 20th century, energy transformations were promoted, and legitimated through diverse media and promotion. Much of this ‘energy media’ was generat...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 2

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]
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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 1

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/...

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 1

#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.

Public relations in deeply divided societies: Challenges of social inclusion, deliberative democracy, and inequality, 2025

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jul 1

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.
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The Living Flame: Energy, promotion and ‘natural’ gas in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s - Kate Fitch, Belinda Smaill, 2025

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 29

‘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
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For most of the 20th century, energy transformations were promoted, and legitimated through diverse media and promotion. Much of this ‘energy media’ was generat...

Public relations and social justice - E Ciszek, Lee Edwards, Kate Fitch, Jenny Hou, 2025

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Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 25

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
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Kidfluencers, public relations and human rights: An exploration of the impact on the human rights of children as social media influencers within public relations and promotional practice

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 22

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

The contribution of promotional communication to the housing crisis in Aotearoa-New Zealand1 - Aeron Davis, 2025

Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 16

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....

This article focuses on public and policy discourse around housing; an issue relevant to human rights and social inequality. Growing homelessness conflicts with...