JPC is an international publication for practitioners, policy makers and academics.
The professional communication world has a new interdisciplinary, peer reviewed journal for practitioners, journalists, artists, policy makers and academics to exchange ideas. JPC publishes case studies, interviews, research articles, works of digital media art and sound, works of design and commentary. We invite you to become part of the JPC community.Current Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1 (2011) Inaugural Issue
Editorial
A reflection on the evolution of the field of professional communication
Alex Sévigny and Terence (Terry) Flynn
Commentary
Open data: “There’s an app for that.”
Joey Coleman
Social media revolutions
Rikia Saddy
The several premature autopsies of AVE
David Scholz
Lecture
Public relations excellence 2010
James Grunig and Larissa Grunig
Research Articles
US-Canada study of PR writing by entry-level practitioners reveals significant supervisor dissatisfaction
Jeremy Berry, Richard T. Cole, and Larry Hembroff
L’Utilisation du marketing politique par les groupes d’intérêt: Proposition d’un modèle théorique
Émilie Foster
“Sticking to their knitting?” A content analysis of gender in Canadian newspaper op-eds
Philip Savage and Sarah Marinelli
Case Study
Eastern Health: A case study on the need for public trust in health care communications
Heather Pullen
Book Reviews
Old ideas redux (Review of "Putting the Public Back in Public Relations" by Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge)
Rebecca Edgar
Policy Document
Pathways to the profession: An outcomes based approach towards excellence in Canadian public relations and communications management educations
The National Council on Education, Canadian Public Relations Society
Editorial Advisory Board
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Alex Sévigny, McMaster University
- Senior Associate Editor
- Terry Flynn, McMaster University
- Associate Editors
- Steve Gibson, De Montfort University
- Josh Greenberg, Carleton University
- Andrew Laing, Cormex Research
- Sidneyeve Matrix, Queen's University
- Laurence Mussio, McMaster University
- Heather Pullen, Hamilton Health Sciences
- Philip Savage, McMaster University
- DeNel Rehberg Sedo, Mount Saint Vincent University
- Assistant Editor
- Shelagh Hartford, McMaster University