Browsing by Author "Weaver, C. Kay"

• Carnivalesque activism as a public relations genre: A case study of the New Zealand group Mothers Against Genetic Engineering 

  Weaver, C. Kay (Elsevier Ltd, 2010)

  This paper argues that carnivalesque protest comprises a particular genre of activist public relations which articulates conflict with, and resistance to, dominant discourses on controversial issues. A case study of the ...

• Communication in Aotearoa New Zealand: The challenge of engaging globally and acting locally 

  Henderson, Alison; Simpson, Mary Louisa; Weaver, C. Kay (2010)

  This article outlines the evolution of communication studies within the university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand and how this diverse disciplinary field is situated within the academy through teaching and research. It ...

• A discourse perspective for critical public relations research: Life Sciences Network and the battle for truth 

  Motion, Judy; Weaver, C. Kay (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 2005-01-01)

  Critical public relations scholarship is increasingly required to justify the contribution that is made to theory and practice. Within this article, an integrated political economy and discourse analysis is deployed to ...

• Discursive manoeuvres and hegemonic recuperations in New Zealand documentary representations of domestic violence 

  Michelle, Carolyn; Weaver, C. Kay (Routledge, 2003-09-01)

  This paper examines three television documentaries--entitled Not Just a Domestic (1994), Not Just a Domestic: The Update (1994), and Picking Up the Pieces (1996)--that together formed part of the New Zealand police ‘Family ...

  

• Dressing for battle in the new global economy: Putting power, identity, and discourse into public relations theory 

  Weaver, C. Kay (2001-11-01)

  This article argues that public relations theorists need to acknowledge their generally unspoken support for, and allegiance to, corporate capitalist power and to reconsider that allegiance in the context of the new economy. ...

• Policy and practice: funding and strategies for short film in New Zealand 1994-1998 

  Yeatman, Bevin (The University of Waikato, 1998)

  This research foregrounds funding influences on the strategies of short film practice in New Zealand. It seeks to connect the processes of policy and practice and the relationships of institutions and individuals as they ...

  

• A changing dialogue within health communication in New Zealand: a case study of the Waikato screening mammography programme 

  Brunton, Margaret Ann (The University of Waikato, 2000)

  As part of changes in the health sector in New Zealand over the past decade, government has provided a number of community-based health interventions. The purpose of such interventions is to provide information and resources ...

  

• Volunteering at the edge of chaos: A case study on the self-organising of younger volunteers during the Rena oil spill crisis 

  Lockwood, Sarah Jane (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  This thesis investigates the self-organising of younger volunteers during the 2011 Rena oil spill crisis in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It builds on emerging research that considers the relationships between volunteering and ...

  

• Organisational identities and rationalities: A rhetorical and discourse analysis of organisational communication about genetic modification in the New Zealand kiwifruit and dairy industries 

  Henderson, Alison (The University of Waikato, 2005)

  This thesis examines how two of New Zealand's largest primary producer industries negotiated their relationship with the highly controversial practice of genetic modification. This was in an effort to maintain their dominance ...

  

• Communication challenges of web development SMEs: The benefits and challenges of organizational tensions 

  Sheffer, Bridget Reynolds (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  This thesis examines the communicative constitution of organisations (CCO) through the communication challenges faced by web development small and medium enterprises (Cooren, Kuhn, Cornelissen, & Clark, 2011; Putnam & ...

  

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