Future Directions of Strategic Communication

A timely edition of collected scholarship on a subject of significant interdisciplinary importance. Emerging scholars have much to draw on here, as do practitioners who are actively seeking out relevant paradigms and frameworks for the work they do in the field. Rupert Younger, Director, Centre for Corporate Reputation, Said Business School, Oxford University, UK This book challenges and disrupts what we know-and what we think we know-in the strategic communication field. It uses theoretically-driven insights to inform novel and adventurous new thought, advancing and challenging us at once. Each chapter adds new value by exploring underutilized and novel topics, to develop a forward-thinking approach to communicating with purpose. This work is a must for any scholar or serious student of strategic communication management. Professor Shannon A. Bowen, Ph.D., School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, USA Future Directions of Strategic Communication is a timely and groundbreaking effort to synthesize the nascent field of strategic communication. It provides expert assessments regarding the current state of the domain and focuses on directions to advance the purposive use of communication. It is a must read for anyone interested in Strategic Communication. Professor May O. Lwin, Ph.D., Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Self-reflection is critical to the development of any field. This book is a blueprint for such an endeavor as it reflects upon strategic communication beginning with the analysis of published research during the last decade and ending with a revised definition of the concept. Along the way there are plenty of points to stimulate debate including the potential emergent nature of strategic communication and an explanation of nonstrategic communication. The book raises questions and is not simply an overview on the field - this is a good thing. Professor W. Timothy Coombs, Ph.D., Department of Communication, Texas A&M University, USA This book shows how far the discipline of strategic communication has come since the launch of the International Journal of Strategic Communication in 2007. The knowledge of the discipline has expanded exponentially, and I no longer view it as an immature discipline. It now has a strong foundation and the outstanding and internationally represented authors of this book have raised the discipline to the next level. Professor Derina R. Holtzhausen, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Communication, Lamar University, USA This volume is an important landmark that opens up the field of strategic communication to consider the complex, multidirectional and emergent character of communication in organizational settings. Professor Dr. Dennis Schoeneborn, Department of Management, Society & Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark