57023 Communicating with Publics

8cp
Graduate subject – Public Communication – 400 level

In this subject students analyse the social construction of publics and organisation–public relationships. They study different models of public relations practice and draw on current theories about publics, public relations and relationships to help them understand the development of strategies to communicate with internal and external publics. There is a strong focus on identifying the ethical implications of decisions, actions and outcomes in communicating with publics. Students are encouraged to participate in a discussion on approaches to empowering or influencing publics. The attitudes, knowledges, behaviours and issue positions of various publics are studied to enable students to assess how best to communicate with them. Students learn about different research strategies for understanding communicating with publics. They also explore different writing strategies for communicating effectively with specified publics about issues.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/57023.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,186.33
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3,040.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
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Access conditions

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