Histories of Political Public Relations: From Propaganda to Public Health

This book explores PR’s historical connection to government communication. This book will add knowledge and understanding to the fields of PR history and historiography. Academics and researchers will find the volume appropriate for research and teaching.

Dr Anastasios Theofilou is Principal Academic in Public Relations at the Faculty of Media and Communication, at Bournemouth University, UK. His research interests expand on all aspects of organizational communication including crisis management, CSR, sponsorship and history of public relations. Anastasios is External Examiner for the Charted Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Chair of the International History of Public Relations Conference (IHPRC).

Dr Martina Topic is behavioural sociologist and mass communication scholar. Currently, she is an associate professor in public relations leadership at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Department of Advertising and PR, US (10/2023). She is editor-in-chief of the Corporate Communications: An International Journal and Northern Lights journals and editor-in-chief of the book series, Women, Economics and the Labour Relations (Emerald). She is an author of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Affairs in the British Press: An Ecofeminist Critique of Neoliberalism (Routledge, 2021) and Workplace Culture in Mass Communication Industries (Routledge, 2023).