Doing Good” Scholarship

Considerations for Building Positive Social Change Through the Emerging Field of Public Interest Communications

Bibliographic Data

ID6172969
AuthorsEdward J Downes (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume1
Issue1
Pages31-31
Publication date2017-04-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Public Interest Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2573-4342 • E-ISSN: 2573-4342
PublisherGeorge A. Smathers Libraries (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.32473/jpic.v1.i1.p31
OpenAlexW2611641415
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Recognizing the birth and potential of the emerging field of public interest communications (PIC), and building on Fessmann’s work summarizing the field’s foci presented elsewhere in this journal, this article offers 10 considerations for PIC’s proponents to think about as the field’s body of knowledge begins to grow. These considerations suggest we consider that: doing good is a relative concept; interdisciplinary scholarship has great value; understanding practitioners’ lives in the field will enhance PIC scholarship; organizing PIC scholars will empower them; social media empower advocacy; a humanistic philosophy should drive the field’s research and teaching; multiple actors in the public policy process influence PIC; and being a do-gooder might not be such a bad thing

Engaged scholarship · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Humanism · Media studies · Political science · Process (computing · Public interest · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Media and Politics

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