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Boys prefer bangs to bodies
This isn’t an example of improbable research. Sadly, it’s just too probable. Researchers at the University of Leeds working for the Oslo-based Relevance of Science Education found that boys’ scientific...
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Is it safe? PR and the public understanding of science
Here’s a conversation I’ve heard numerous times: Journalist: ‘So can you assure us that there’s no risk to the public?’Scientist: ‘I can’t say that. There’s some risk in everything, like crossing a...
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Planning process: linear or lateral?
The planning process is taught in linear fashion: A leads to B, then to C and so on. This provides reassuring templates to help people (appear to) cope with complexity. In an intriguing passing...
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Campaign of the century
This is a summary of a paper I presented at the International History of Public Relations Conference at Bournemouth on 8 July 2015. Presenting the paper at Bournemouth. Photo: Heather Yaxley Is the...
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Looking back on a golden age in PR
I have been a member of the Institute of Public Relations (now CIPR) since early 1998. That’s almost 20 years – and long before it achieved the Royal Charter in 2005. A Fellow since 2013, I am...
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