Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
24 p.
Publication Date
8-2016
Publisher
University of Southern California
Source Publication
International Journal of Communication
Source ISSN
1932-8036
Abstract
Dialogic communication is an important public relations theory, yet scholarship has found few organizations using it to its full potential. Meanwhile, multiple overlapping definitions exist for related terms like engagement, interactivity, and responsiveness, causing potential confusion for researchers and professionals. This research reports the results of in-depth interviews with top digital public relations professionals regarding how they use interactive writing, a form of social media engagement, to build relationships. Through their own unprompted words, the research also describes how professionals use terms such as dialogue, engagement, interactivity, and responsiveness, and corresponding definitions, to refer to their daily work. Our model clarifies relationships between similar concepts and recommends areas of future research to advance theory informed by practice
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Anderson, Betsy; Swenson, Rebecca; and Gilkerson, Nathan, "Understanding Dialogue and Engagement Through Communication Experts’ Use of Interactive Writing to Build Relationships" (2016). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 443.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/443
Comments
Published version. International Journal of Communication, vol. 10, No. 24 (August 2016): 4095-4118. Permalink. © 2016 University of Southern California. Used with permission.