Communicating with the Public

Never has there been a more important time to understand how organizations communicate with the public in the context of improving their health. Waring and Reddington's collection of chapters show in close detail how public relations are manifest across interactional settings, and provide important insights into the conversations that take place between the public across the many modalities of contemporary life. * Elizabeth Stokoe, Professor of Social Interaction, Loughborough University, UK * This volume breaks new ground as the first sustained investigation of a philanthropic organization's public outreach efforts from the vantage point of everyday language practices in media interviews, panel discussions, podcasts, and webinars. The findings will be of interest to a wide range of language and communication scholars and public relations professionals. * Steven Clayman, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA * The volume provides fresh insight into how institutions communicate with the public. Using conversation analysis as a lens, the authors delve into both oft-studied and burgeoning issues in such communication, offering new perspectives on the former, and innovative discourse studies on the latter. This is an important read for scholars of communication and discourse studies, as well as workers in public health. * Catherine DiFelice Box, Lecturer in Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, USA *