Journal of Communication Management
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Tackling societal challenges as opportunities: a case study of a Swiss foundation's value-creating function
Nadine Strauß, Markos MpadanesIn today's risk society, foundations are essential for sustaining democracies. However, the proof of a value-creating function of foundations is rarely assessed. Therefore, this…
Overcoming the “blame game” in strategic climate communication: from decoupling accusations toward an arena-spanning agenda
Alexandra Krämer, Peter WinklerThe climate crisis presents a global threat. Research shows the necessity of joint communication efforts across different arenas—media, politics, business, academia and protest—to…
Prospects and risks of digitalization in public relations research: mapping recurrent narratives of a debate in fragmentation (2010–2022)
Jannik Kretschmer, Peter WinklerThe debate on digitalization in the public relations (PR) literature has fragmented considerably over the past decade because of its focus on upcoming media-technological…
A revised digital media–arena framework guiding strategic communication in digital environments
Mark Badham, Vilma Luoma-aho, Chiara ValentiniThis paper refines the Digital Media–Arena (DMA) framework to address the diversity of stakeholders contributing to the production, (re)appropriation and (re)distribution of…
Sustainability communication: how to communicate an inconvenient truth in the era of scientific mistrust
Denise Voci, Matthias KarmasinThis conceptual paper aims to explore the current state of sustainability communication research, focusing on the challenges of communicating inconvenient truths in an era of…
Business models for communication departments: a comprehensive approach to analyzing, explaining and innovating communication management in organizations
Ansgar Zerfass, Jeanne LinkThe question of whether and how communication departments contribute to organizational value creation has rarely been addressed in research. Such evidence is crucial, however, as…
Voicing the organization on social media: towards a nuanced understanding of coworker voice and sources of control
Rickard Andersson, Mats Heide, Charlotte SimonssonThis article aims to (1) increase the knowledge of how coworkers experience voicing the organization on external social media and (2) deepen and nuance the knowledge of the…
Transparency ideals in online PR: between dialogue, control and authenticity
Philip WamprechtsamerThis paper aims to systematically unpack the ideal of organizational transparency by tracing the concept's origins in the era of Enlightenment. Based on a genealogical…
Communicating a sense of safety: the public experience of Swedish Police Instagram communication
Jens Sjöberg, Cecilia Cassinger, Renira Rampazzo GambaratoThe research aim of this article is to generate novel insights into how public sector organizations (PSOs) strategically communicate with the public about critical issues on…
Ego-depletion is in the way: the challenges of controlled communication and the role of the regulatory focus theory in sustainable goals pursuit
Tatiana Anisimova, Soniya Billore, Philip J. KitchenVia the lens of the ego-depletion phenomenon (Baumeister et al., 1998) and Higgins' (1998) regulatory focus theory, this paper seeks to explain why current controlled…
Symbolic and substantive legitimation: examining corporate commitments to sustainable development goal 12
Nicholas Eng, Cassandra L.C. Troy, Denise S. BortreeThe purpose of this paper is to assess online corporate communication around commitments to sustainable development goal (SDG) 12, sustainable production and consumption.
Argumentation strategies in lobbying: toward a typology
Irina Lock, Scott DavidsonThis paper develops a typology of argumentation strategies used in lobbying. Unlike in other strategic communication functions such as crisis or risk communication, such…
Navigating moral minefields in a VUCA world: the contribution of moral foundations theory to strategic communication research and practice
Timo LenkIn today's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, organizations deal with fragmented publics in contested public spheres. At the core, public opinion is not so much…
Framing the strategic R&D paradigm shift in Big Pharma: a content analysis of pharmaceutical annual reports
Mary E. Schramm, Katie R. Place, Alexander V. LaskinBetween 1985 and 2000, the six largest US pharmaceutical firms entered a very active period of partnerships with other pharmaceutical firms to expand their knowledge of…
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