Transformative learning approaches for public relations pedagogy |
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Authors: | Judy Motion Lois Burgess |
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Institution: | 1. Journalism and Media Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;2. Marketing Research Innovation Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia |
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Abstract: | Public relations educators are frequently challenged by students' flawed perceptions of public relations. Two contrasting case studies are presented in this paper to illustrate how socially-oriented paradigms may be applied to a real-client project to deliver a transformative learning experience. A discourse-analytic approach is applied within the case studies as a technique for identifying changes in students' understandings of the ideological structures, power relations and knowledge systems that underpin public relations and for determining whether transformative learning has taken place. The discourse engagement and normative/critical/ethical paradigmatic orientations examined in this paper provide conceptual foundations for developing civic responsibility that needs to be underpinned by salient social theory. |
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Keywords: | discourse analysis normative/critical/ethical orientation paradigm public relations transformative pedagogy |
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