Diversity and inclusion in Australian public relations

Towards a Multiple Perspectives Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID5716388
AuthorsMarianne D Sison (0000-0002-6206-2974, RMIT University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume160
Issue1
Pages32-42
Publication date2016-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x16651140
OpenAlexW2485261045
LanguageEN
References cited31

This article examines issues of diversity and inclusion in Australian public relations from the perspective of a female migrant academic. Using an autoethnographic approach, I draw from a postcolonial feminist perspective and recount my experience of public relations in Australia. This article incorporates self with the social, particularly expressing a voice often unheard of in the public relations discipline. In expressing my 'voice', I use memory texts that have triggered dialogues within myself and with others in my environment. I argue that Australian public relations education is a product of the country's struggles with its identity. To move forward, the public relations discipline requires more culturally aware faculty and practitioners who can develop and champion a curriculum that embraces multiple and inter-cultural perspectives

Aesthetics · Autoethnography · Champion · Curriculum · Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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