[PDF] Public Figures eBook

Author : Jena Osman
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0819573124

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Public Figures is an essay-poem with photographs and text that begins with a playful thought experiment: statues of people in public spaces have eyes, but what are they looking at? To answer that question, Jena Osman sets up a camera to track the gaze of a number of statues in Philadelphia—mostly 19th century military figures carrying weapons. How does their point of view differ from our own? And how does it compare, say, to the point of view of other watchful military figures, such as drone pilots? In this book, Osman combines the histories behind these statues with poetic narratives that ask us to think about our own relational positions, and how our own everyday gaze may be complicit with the gun-sights of war. Public Figures illustrates how history is transformed, and even erased, by monuments and other public records of events. Through poetry, those histories can be made visible again. Check for the online reader’s companion at http://publicfigures.site.wesleyan.edu.

Author : Øyvind Ihlen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135840369

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Public Relations and Social Theory broadens the theoretical scope of public relations through its application of the works of prominent social theorists to the study of public relations. The volume focuses on the work of key social theorists, including Jürgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann, Michel Foucault, Ulrich Beck, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, Robert Putnam, Erving Goffman, Peter L. Berger, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Bruno Latour, Leon Mayhew, Dorothy Smith and Max Weber. Unique in its approach, the collection demonstrates how the theories of these scholars come to bear on the understanding of public relations as a social activity. Understanding public relations in its societal context entails a focus on such concepts as trust, legitimacy, understanding, and reflection, as well as on issues of power, behavior, and language. Each chapter is devoted to an individual theorist, providing an overview of that theorist’s key concepts and contributions, and exploring how these concepts can be applied to public relations as a practice. Each chapter also includes a box giving a short and concise presentation of the theorist, along with recommendation of key works and secondary literature. Overall, this volume will enhance understanding of theories and their applications in public relations, expanding the breadth and depth of the theoretic foundations of public relations. It will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students in public relations and strategic communication.

Author : Susan Dudley Gold
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 162712392X

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These immortal words from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ran into quite a challenge when the Reverend Jerry Falwell sued Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt for publishing a mock advertisement in his magazine describing Falwell as engaging in an incestuous act with his mother. In this book, award-winning author Susan Dudley Gold shows readers how the case got all the way to the Supreme Court, where the right to parody public figure and the First Amendment were upheld. Gold explains the controversial decision in a narrative that is both informative and highly entertaining.

Author : J. Reid Meloy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195326385

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Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management towards public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, and current and former law enforcement professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in both depth and complexity.

Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 2020-05-29
Category :
ISBN : 3643912951

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This volume presents significant phases in the life of twelve American public figures, based on their Pulitzer Prize-decorated autobiographical works. There are, for example, memories of the Aviator Charles Lindbergh about the final phases of his first nonstop Transatlantic flight to Paris; Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham tells the dramatic story of the newspaper's coverage of the Watergate Affair; Statesman Dean Acheson reflects his feelings during the early days of the Korean War; Novelist Norman Mailer remembers of his participation at the Anti- Vietnam War Demonstrations in Washington, D.C., while Diplomat George Kennan describes his various activities in Postwar Germany.

Author : J. Reid Meloy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0198043716

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Public figures require attention, whether from a constituency who votes them in or out of office, shareholders who decide their economic benefit to the corporation, or fans who judge their performances. However, on the periphery of this normal attention resides a very real risk; that of a much smaller group of individuals who lack the ability to discriminate between their own private fantasies and the figure's public behavior. They may be personally insulted by perceived betrayal, fanatically in love due to a perceived affectionate or sexual invitation, or simply preoccupied with the daily life of the public figure. Such individuals may fixate and do nothing more. Others communicate or approach in a disturbing way. A few will threaten. And on rare occasions, one will breach the public figure's security perimeter and attack. Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management towards public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, profilers, and current and former law enforcement professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in both depth and complexity. The book is divided into three sections which, in turn, focus upon defining, explaining, and risk managing this increasingly complex global reality. Chapters include detailed case studies, analyses of quantitative data, reflections from attachment theory and psychoanalytic thought, descriptions of law enforcement and protective organization activities, mental health and psychiatric categorizations and understandings, consideration of risk assessment models and variables, victim perspectives, and others.

Author : Allan R. Ellenberger
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786450193

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In accord with the fascination that surrounds Hollywood celebrities and the increasing popularity of celebrity grave-hunting, this book serves as a guide to the final resting places of the many celebrities who are buried in Los Angeles County, California. It is arranged by cemetery, and provides the following information for each person: age at time of death; date and place of birth; date and place of death; cause of death; obituary headline of the deceased; inscription on grave marker; location of grave; and a film that the celebrity appeared in. Includes appendices, web site information, bibliography, and index.

Author : Drew Friedman
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780312093662

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Each month, readers of Spy magazine turn to its second most popular feature, Friedman's Private Lives of Public Figures--a regular department that peers into the ridiculous and bawdy personal matters of celebrities and politicians. 70 cartoons with captions.

Author : Marlowe Sinclair
Publisher : RWG Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2024-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Behind the Fame: Inside the Lives of the World's Most Celebrated Figures by Marlowe Sinclair offers an intimate look into the personalities that shape our world. Why are we captivated by some and indifferent to others? This book delves into the psychology behind fame, exploring what drives celebrated figures to become who they are and how they impact those who admire them. In a time where understanding human behavior has become more crucial than ever, this book not only humanizes these icons but also offers deep analytical insights into their pasts, presents, and futures. Through meticulous analysis, Sinclair uncovers the mysteries of individual personalities and the collective behaviors they inspire, painting a rich portrait of the people who shape our culture and our lives.