Journal of Communication Management: Volume 12 Issue 4

Public relations before “public relations” in Spain: an early history (1881‐1960)

Natalia Rodríguez Salcedo

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the origins of Spanish public relations from the end of the nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Although the term…

And did those feet? Getting medieval England “on‐message”

Robin Croft, Trevor Hartland, Heather Skinner

This paper aims to gain an understanding of the nature and extent of the practice of “public relations” in history.

US corporate public relations in the progressive era

Karla Gower

This paper aims to explore the concept of public relations in the progressive era to gain a greater understanding of the historical development of corporate public relations in…

Writing PR history: issues, methods and politics

Jacquie L'Etang

The purpose of this paper is to argue that public relations (PR) history‐writing has profoundly shaped the discipline and that its US bias may have limited theoretical…

Howard Chase: the man who invented issue management

Tony Jaques

The purpose of this paper is to assess the work of Howard Chase within the history of public relations, his role in the birth and development of issue management, and his…

First impressions: US media portrayals of public relations in the 1920s

Timothy Penning

The paper traces negative and limiting media depictions of public relations (PR) to their origins in the 1920s in order to determine whether modern media characterizations of…

Fred Harvey Company public relations and publicity (1876‐1933)

Patricia A. Curtin

This paper aims to examine the entrepreneurial Fred Harvey Company's early public relations and publicity efforts to determine what they add to our knowledge of the development of…

Launching PRimary Source: a clearinghouse for public relations history

Margot Opdycke Lamme, Jennifer Mathews Land

This brief essay aims to introduce public relations historians to PRimary Source, a new search tool designed to help them, their students, and public relations professionals…

Guest editorial

Tom Watson

Note from the publisher

Vicky Williams