Introduction -- Communicatively constituted organizations, plausible? -- Critical sensemaking (CSM) in a virtual environment -- Methodology -- Plausibility, authenticity and collective enactment -- Crowdfunding : collective organizing and virtual identities -- Plausibility and legitimation --...

Experts in public relations, marketing, and communications have created the most comprehensive textbook specifically for Canadian students and instructors. Logically organized to lead students from principles to their application-and generously supplemented with examples and case studies-the...

Drawing on survey data gathered from senior public relations officers within Canadian organizations, this paper explores the extent to which the integration of the public relations function in strategic decisionmaking impacts the achievement of positive organizational outcomes. Three measures of...

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Communicatively constituted organizations, plausible?; 3 Critical Sensemaking (CSM) in a virtual environment; 4 Methodology; 5 Plausibility, authenticity and collective enactment; 6 Crowdfunding --...