International public relations : perceptions of the effects of language usage and culture on codes of professional standards

<p>This -study identifies how language usage and culture affect international PR practitioners in three Western cultures-- America, England and Australia.</p> <p>Likewise, this study examined how language usage and culture affect three major PR organizations-- PRSA in America, CIPR in England and PRIA in Australia. Content analysis and in-depth interviews were conducted with PR practitioners and members of all three PR organizations to address the following three research questions: (1) What is the impact of language usage on the ethics and professional practice of professional public relations? (2) What is the impact of culture on the ethics and professional practice of professional public relations? and (3) How does language usage and culture effect the professional practice of international organizations?</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Dolezal, Ashley Gayle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Carol Ann Hackley

• Public Relations Society of America Code of professional standards for the practice of public relations
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations Code of Conduct
• Public Relations Institute of Australia Code of Ethics
• Public relations consultants Professional ethics
• Public relations Moral and ethical aspects
• Communication

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/722

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1721