
Public Interest Communications
Strategy for Changemakers
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Public Interest Communications
Strategy for Changemakers
About this book
Written by two practitioners with deep professional experience, this book introduces readers to public interest communications, which takes an evidence-based approach to using strategic communications to drive positive social change.
Each chapter includes accessible, applicable insights, exercises and real-world examples undergirded by theories and research from a range of academic disciplines: social and cognitive science, communications, systems thinking and human-centered design. The authors provide step-by-step frameworks for practicing public interest communications and illustrate each framework with multiple perspectives through practitioner interviews. Through a focus on fairness and ethics, the book helps readers acquire the mindset of a public interest communicator.
This book is an ideal resource for students in strategic communications, health and environmental communications, public relations, journalism, social entrepreneurship, political science and advertising, and in public interest communication courses specifically, who wish to promote lasting change on issues that advance the greater good.
Accompanying online materials include worksheets and links to further resources such as videos and podcasts. Please visit www.routledge.com/9781032531915.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Endorsements Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 What's public interest communications?
- 2 The Six Spheres of Influence: The building blocks of strategy
- 3 The power of policy
- 4 The power of activism
- 5 Activating media
- 6 The market and industry sphere
- 7 Issue shapers: Communities of influence
- 8 Using social norms to drive change
- 9 Using the six spheres to create your theory of change
- 10 Back-of-the-Envelope strategy
- 11 What do you want to be true that isn’t true right now?
- 12 Who must act for that to happen?
- 13 What would they believe if they were taking action?
- 14 How will we connect with them?
- 15 Measuring what matters
- 16 Putting together your plan
- Glossary
- Index