Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 25 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Anastasios Theofilou, Dustin W. Supa, Kate Fitch, Anastasia Veneti

The propaganda of universal fascism: peace, empire and international co-operation in British Union of Fascists' publicity from 1932 to 1939

Gareth Thompson

This article presents a historical investigation into the foreign policy messages of the British Union of Fascists' (BUF) publicity and propaganda from its foundation in 1932…

Authorial voice(s): the writing styles of Francis X. Carty

Conor McGrath

The paper aims to analyse the published work of Ireland's pre-eminent public relations (PR) educator, across a number of literary genres in which he has written. More broadly, it…

The epistemic project of open diplomacy and the League of Nations: Co-evolution between diplomacy, PR and journalism

Arne Lorenz Gellrich, Erik Koenen, Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz

The article discusses findings from a research project on the communication history of the League of Nations. It departs from the League's normative goal of “open diplomacy”…

Nineteenth century public relations: Siam's campaign to defend national sovereignty

Napawan Tantivejakul

This research aims to identify the use of the public relations (PR) methods implemented by King Rama V and his administration to counter the threat to Siam of imperialism in the…

Chartered status and public relations' struggle for legitimacy

Anne Gregory

To appraise progress towards “the professional project” for the public relations profession in the UK using the Royal Charter application as a pivotal assessment point in the…

Bandwidth lost: family planners and post-war television

Jessica Borge

The purpose of this paper is to show how early planned PR efforts at the British Family Planning Association [FPA] resulted in an epoch-making television appearance in November…

A cultural-economic examination of public relations measurement in the 1920s and its implications for contemporary practice

William Anderson

What gets measured gets done” goes the cliché. Therefore, it is imperative for corporate communicators to understand the measurement of persuasive communication, starting with its…

The emergence and development of teaching public relations in the United Arab Emirates: an in-depth look

Khaled Zamoum, T. Serra Gorpe

The development of teaching public relations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important topic to uncover because it is related to and to some extent parallel with the…

Problematising history in the public relations curriculum

Kate Fitch, Jacquie L'Etang

The aim of this paper is to begin a conversation about historicising the public relations (PR) curriculum in universities.

“He Iwi tahi tatou”: Aotearoa and the legacy of state-sponsored national narrative

Susan Lilico Kinnear

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the internal historical forces that shaped national identity in New Zealand and how state-sponsored ideographs and cultural narratives…