Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 25 Issue 1

A world in crisis: the role of public relations

Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Ana Tkalac Verčič, Dejan Vercic

Implications of the paracrises on the companies’ stock prices

Marko Selaković, Nikolina Ljepava, Miroslav Mateev

The concept of social media crisis has been consequently replaced by the term “paracrisis”. However, the economic implications of the paracrises have not been thoroughly…

Making the case for the UK’s drone capability: public relations as a carrier of strategic culture

Gareth Thompson

The purpose of this paper is to offer critical analysis of how public relations (PR) were used to justify the use of drones by the UK Government, through the promotion of a…

Crisis communication consulting: rethinking the role of PR firms in solving organizational crises

Damir Jugo, Ivan Pakozdi, Zdeslav Milas

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between organizations and their PR firms during crisis situations. It contributes to the field by identifying the role of…

Public relations for peacebuilding: case study from Colombia

Ivana Monnard, Krishnamurthy Sriramesh

The purpose of this paper is to link public relations to peacebuilding. Although scholarship has discussed public relations as relationship management, the nexus between public…

Unveiling corporate values in a crisis-prone world: a cross-cultural study

Nilüfer Geysi, Selin Türkel, Ebru Uzunoğlu

The purpose of this paper is to compare corporate values of companies that exist in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment via semantic network analysis (SNA…

The impact of public relations on visibility of Croatian non-profits

Mirela Polić, Nataša Cesarec Salopek

The purpose of this paper is to understand and show how public relations contributed to enhancing the visibility of Croatian non-profit organization Foundation “Croatia for…

Social media usage and activism by non-western budding PR professionals during crisis communication

Ulfet Kutoglu Kuruç, Baruck Opiyo

A number of studies have documented the use and popularity of social networking sites among Millennials and late Millennials, especially in Western countries. However, the usage…

Gives you wings or not? Exploring the impact of viewers’ responsibility attribution and surprise on their attitude, identification and trust

Jens Seiffert-Brockmann, Christopher Ruppel, Sabine Einwiller

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of critical, journalistic documentaries on viewers. More precisely, it investigates the effects of responsibility attribution…

Challenges in stakeholders self-organising to enhance disaster communication

Tanya Le Roux, Dewald Van Niekerk

The purpose of this paper is to combine disaster risk reduction (DRR) and communication management literature to investigate the challenges and opportunities encountered when…

Sleeping with your enemies – and what happens later

Jacek Barlik

The purpose of this paper is to find out how organizations communicate with their opponents during crises and later.