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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 · 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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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 25

🌐✨ Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2025 Decolonising the Digital Awards!
From Indigenous language activism to feminist AI, these groundbreaking projects reimagine technology from the margins.
👉 Read more: iamcr.org/awards/decol...
#IAMCR2025 #DecoloniseTheDigital #DigitalJustice

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jul 14

colours of Little India #IAMCR2025 Singapore 🇸🇬

colourful heritage mural of Little India showing old shops and thali plate

thali plate - rice & 7 curries - plus mango lassi

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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

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jul 13

I’m presenting ‘Beauty queens, dancers and maidens: Gender and energy in Australia’, developed with Belinda Smaill, on Thursday afternoon #IAMCR2025

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jul 12

heading to #IAMCR2025 and looking forward to catching up with colleagues 😊 ✈️

poster with head shot of Kate Fitch and text on IAMCR presentation on Thursday

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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.

Natural Gas (AGL) commercial [1983]

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jun 29

AGL produced some creative TV ads in the late 1970s/early 1980s - a time of energy transition with a global oil crisis & growing awareness of climate change (see this 1983 ad where Sydney is snowbound). Of course, ‘natural gas’ is always framed as the solution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=enAO...

YouTube video by GrubcoTV3

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

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

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

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jun 29

This AGL 1979 TV ad featuring contemporary dance led Belinda Smaill and I to investigate the promotion of ‘natural gas’ and the ways media & promotional industries shape understandings of energy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rb2...

Contemporary dancers in tight blue costumes enact the flames of a giant gas stove.

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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...

AGN accused of running dodgy 'Love Gas' ads that deceived viewers

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jun 26

"The gas industry knows fossil fuels are not renewable, but it continues to try and hoodwink Australians into thinking gas is good for us.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Australian Gas Networks has been accused of misleading "millions" of Australians through their "Love Gas" ads.

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

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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A deep adaptation agenda for public relations: Facing climate collapse - Johanna Fawkes, 2025

Jo Fawkes @beznarjo.bsky.social · Jun 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

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Jun 9

congrats @beznarjo.bsky.social - I’m proud to publish this provocative essay on PR, Deep Adaptation and the climate emergency

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

thought-provoking essay from Jo Fawkes reflecting on PR’s contribution to the climate emergency, from cultural and spiritual perspectives
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The essay considers public relations’ (PR) contribution to the climate emergency, from a cultural rather than organisational perspective. It suggests that PR ha...

A deep adaptation agenda for public relations: Facing climate collapse - Johanna Fawkes, 2025

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

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/...

The essay considers public relations’ (PR) contribution to the climate emergency, from a cultural rather than organisational perspective. It suggests that PR ha...

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

#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

Wine, women and PR: Phyllis Parkinson and the wine recipe service in Australia, 1952–1979

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Apr 1

I planned to cook all the recipes, but devilled jellied tongue in port, stewed kidneys with wine sauce and sherried grapefruit mould or jellied tomato bullion (both made with gelatine) aren’t really my thing (other recipes have better stood the test of time eg pot roasts, wine sauces)

illustrated cover of booklet statement ‘wine is so friendly to food’ and ‘life is more pleasant with wine’

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Apr 1

Phyllis Parkinson helped develop an Australian wine market through media relations & the distribution of wine recipes 🍷 making wine drinking acceptable for Anglo Australians & women (but her contributions are absent from both PR & wine history) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This paper aims to investigate the Australian Wine Board’s promotion of wine consumption to women in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in order to understand the promotional work conducted by women for wo...

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Award-winners and troublemakers: Critical public relations scholarship in troubling times - Alenka Jelen, Kirstin Demetrious, Kate Fitch, 2025

Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Apr 1

I was visiting Fellow at the very supportive @anuausi.bsky.social in a freezing but beautiful Canberra winter ❄️ and worked in the National Archives and National Library of Australia

Image of monumental National Library in a stormy dusk

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

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

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
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Accomplices in the public relations classroom: An autoethnography of social-justice and anti-racism-informed teaching - Luke Capizzo, Adrienne Wallace, Nneka Logan, Katie Place, 2025

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

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

new autoethnographic research with reflections on anti-racism and social justice in the PR classroom by Luke Capizzo, @adriwall.bsky.social Nneka Logan & @katieplace.bsky.social 👏 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A holistic approach to anti-racism and social justice in the public relations classroom requires moving beyond mere allyship with underrepresented students and ...

Award-winners and troublemakers: Critical public relations scholarship in troubling times - Alenka Jelen, Kirstin Demetrious, Kate Fitch, 2025

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

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/...

Accomplices in the public relations classroom: An autoethnography of social-justice and anti-racism-informed teaching - Luke Capizzo, Adrienne Wallace, Nneka Logan, Katie Place, 2025

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

new autoethnographic research with reflections on anti-racism and social justice in the PR classroom by Luke Capizzo, @adriwall.bsky.social Nneka Logan & @katieplace.bsky.social 👏 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A holistic approach to anti-racism and social justice in the public relations classroom requires moving beyond mere allyship with underrepresented students and ...

Accomplices in the public relations classroom: An autoethnography of social-justice and anti-racism-informed teaching - Luke Capizzo, Adrienne Wallace, Nneka Logan, Katie Place, 2025

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

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/...

A holistic approach to anti-racism and social justice in the public relations classroom requires moving beyond mere allyship with underrepresented students and ...

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History Council of Victoria @historycouncilvic.bsky.social · Mar 24

🏢 In the 1970s feminists identified a less-visible form of discrimination — the ‘glass ceiling’. On Thursday we kick off our FREE webinar series with three excellent panelists: Karen Downing, Claire Wright & @katefitch.bsky.social.

✍ Register: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/mph_mar_2025...

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

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...