Commercial speech, protected speech, and political public relations

Autor: Ruthann Weaver Lariscy, Marcus Cayce Myers
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Public Relations Review. 39:332-336
ISSN: 0363-8111
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.08.004
Popis: Political public relations play an unique role in American democracy because it occupies a dual role of providing both political and commercial speech. However, using analysis of the First amendment, public relations have increasingly been identified as commercial speech which receives limited protection under the U.S. Constitution. This study traces the evolution of the legal framework in which political PR has become associated with commercial speech, and how this association has made Constitutional analysis of political PR more complex. Implications for public relations practitioners and PR's role in democracy are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE