Rural America Discusses Democracy

Wilson, Margaret

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“…For a short time, Wilson managed to construe the wartime mandate in favorable terms. He insisted that the “psychological defense” of the nation required opportunities for citizens to openly debate the meaning of democracy and the various positions on specific policy issues (Wilson, , pp. 291–293).…”

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CULTURAL TURN IN THE 1930s USDA

Jewett¹

2013

J. Hist. Behav. Sci.

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One of the more unusual attempts by the American state to mobilize academic expertise unfolded in the late 1930s, when the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hired scholars in the "culture and personality" fields and philosophy to aid its efforts to promote economic, social, and cultural change in the countryside. USDA progressives also reached out to disciplinary scholars in other ways as they sought to institute a deliberative mode of planning in local communities and to remake the curricula of the land-grant colleges in support of that project. These USDA initiatives and scholars' responses reveal that scientific knowledge was mobilized in the 1930s not just for the instrumental purpose of regulating economic behavior but also to explain and legitimate federal programs and to inform ambitious projects for cultural change. At the USDA, as at many other sites between the wars, scientific thinkers turned to the social sciences and philosophy in order to understand and then change the public mind.

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CULTURAL TURN IN THE 1930s USDA

Jewett¹

2013

J. Hist. Behav. Sci.

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“…Announcement of public relations seminarthemes: public opinion, consumerism, employees, propaganda Mock and Larson, 1941 Public relations of the US Army American army -public relations in the army (emphasis on media relations and propaganda); how to organise a public relations department; politics of censorship Seidman, 1941 Trade union proposals and labor's public relations Employee relations in the time of war (with the aim of increased productivity); the formation of positive public opinion Wilson, 1941 Rural America discusses democracy Relations with the rural population -democracy in rural America; a project of the Ministry of Agriculture (related to the public relations in times of war) Hartwell, 1942 Current problems in public relations…”

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Reconstruction of public relations history through publications in Public Opinion Quarterly

Podnar

Golob

2009

Journal of Communication Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to introduce a historical development of public relations from its early days until 1970. The study aims to show that in the early stages of development public relations was closely linked with public opinion research. Design/methodology/approach -A historical content analysis is used to establish a "story of identity" through a review of selected articles from Public Opinion Quarterly from 1937 to 1970. Findings -A clear finding is that public relations was once an integral part of public opinion science but later changed its focus to the management field, interested in reaching different publics. From the very beginning public relations was a subject of academic interest. Research limitations/implications -This paper has a few limitations; one that stands out is that selected articles were analysed from only one journal, which does not offer the recent material (after 1970 and especially from the 1990s). At the end, the paper raises some questions, which should aid the discussion about the identity crisis of public relations discipline (and managerial function) in the postmodern era. Originality/value -The paper attempts to cover the gap in an interactive relationship between two disciplines: communication studies and public relations. It contributes to the knowledge of historical development of public relations as an academic discipline.

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Thinking beyond food and fiber

Shaffer¹

2017

The Intersection of Food and Public Health

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Rural America Discusses Democracy

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CULTURAL TURN IN THE 1930s USDA

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CULTURAL TURN IN THE 1930s USDA

Reconstruction of public relations history through publications in Public Opinion Quarterly

Thinking beyond food and fiber

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