The experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic practitioners in the UK Public Relations industry: An exploratory study
Lead Research Organisation:
Leeds Beckett University
Department Name: Faculty of Business and Law
Abstract
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ORCID iD |
Lee Edwards (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Edwards L
(2013)
Institutional Racism in Cultural Production: The Case of Public Relations
in Popular Communication
Edwards L
(2014)
Discourse, credentialism and occupational closure in the communications industries: The case of public relations in the UK
in European Journal of Communication
Edwards Lee
(2014)
Power, Diversity and Public Relations
Edwards, Lee; Hodges, Caroline E. M.
(2011)
Public Relations, Society & Culture: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations
Edwards, Lee; Hodges, Caroline E. M.
(2011)
Public Relations, Society & Culture: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations
Heath, Robert Lawrence
(2010)
The Sage Handbook of Public Relations
Lee Edwards (Author)
(2011)
Accommodating agency and reflexivity in Bourdieu's analysis of language and discourse
Lee Edwards (author)
The professional project and the 'other' : counter-storytelling from the front line
in Radical PR conference
Lee Edwards (author)
(2010)
Room to talk? : the space between discourses of diversity in the professional context
Lee Edwards (Author)
(2011)
Revealing whiteness in the professional project : the case of public relations in the UK
Description | That institutional discrimination against ethnic minority PR practitioners exists across the public relations profession and is usually implicit rather than explicit. That the patterns of discrimination parallel other professions. That solutions to discrimination lie in giving stronger voices to marginalised groups as an impetus for change, and actively promoting change, rather than waiting for change to emerge over time. |
Exploitation Route | In identifying locations where discrimination emerges in professional fields, including in the creative industries. In adopting similar recommendations for change. |
Sectors | Creative Economy Financial Services and Management Consultancy Government Democracy and Justice |
Description | They have been referenced by other academics writing about PR and promotional industries The trade publication 'PR Week' published articles on the findings, when they were first published. The Magazine Communications Director has asked me to submit an article on diversity for a forthcoming issue (to be published December 20154, no proof yet available for submission. I held an industry conference on diversity in 2010, attended my over 50 practitioners and sponsored by one of the leading PR agencies in the industry (Edelman PR) |
First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
Impact Types | Societal |