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Institute for Public Relations

The Institute for Public Relations is an independent nonprofit that bridges the academy and the profession, supporting PR research and mainstreaming this knowledge into practice through PR education.

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12th Annual International Public Relations Research Conference

2009 Proceedings
"Research that Supports & Advances the Practice"

Advertising and PR

Examining Legitimacy Gap in Issues Management Applying Expectancy Violation Theory:
An Empirical Analysis of Legitimacy Gap in an Issue of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Industry

By Jee Young Chung

This paper aims to examine the legitimacy gap between publics' perceived societal expectation and an organizational behavior for different types of issues...

The Use of Integrated Marketing Communications by U.S. Non-profit Organizations
By Amy Perkins, Margaret Algren and Kristen Campbell Eichhorn
This research aims to expand the knowledge about United States non-profit organizations' current use of integrated marketing communications (IMC)...