The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication announced funding for two important areas within the public communications field for its 2019 call for research proposals — advocacy communications and narratives in public communications. Page scholars were selected to create research projects that will build scholarly and public understanding of the two topics.
“PR Roundtable: A Discussion Among Corporate Leaders” will feature panelists who represent a range of industries from pharmaceutical to healthcare to marketing to technology. They will share their insights with the Penn State community at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Freeman Auditorium in the HUB-Robeson Center.
With misrepresentation and half-truths plaguing public discourse these days, the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication identified a need to better understand the nature, dynamics and consequences of the “fake news” phenomenon as a contemporary form of misinformation. The Center will fund 11 research projects that study “fake news” from a number of perspectives, as well as seven other studies that tackle a variety of vital communications topics.
Bellisario College of Communications faculty member Denise Bortree was accepted as a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, a professional association for executives and experts in the field of corporate communications.
