Dean Kruckeberg, a UNC Charlotte professor of communication studies, and Katerina Tsetsura, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma, will discuss “Media and Foreign Policy” as the first speakers in the 2018 Great Decisions Lecture Series. This free, public presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.., Wednesday, Jan. 24, at UNC Charlotte City Center. This is a special joint program with the Magellan Society, the young professionals branch of the World Affairs Council of Charlotte.
Tsetsura and Kruckeberg co-authored “Transparency, Public Relations, and the Mass Media: Combating the Hidden Influences in News Coverage Worldwide” (Taylor & Francis, 2017).
Kruckeberg is a recipient of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Public Relations, the PRSA Outstanding Educator Award, the Pathfinder Award of the Institute for Public Relations and the Jackson Jackson & Wagner Behavioral Research Prize. He has lectured and conducted research worldwide.
Tsetsura is the Gaylord Family Professor of Public Relations and Strategic Communication in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. She is internationally known for her work in global public relations and media transparency. She has written more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and 100-plus conference proceedings and papers in global public relations, ethics, media transparency, social construction of public relations, women in the field of strategic communication and public diplomacy.
The Office of International Programs coordinates the annual Great Decisions lecture series for the Charlotte community each winter to discuss foreign policy issues selected as pressing by the Foreign Policy Association. The series is coordinated in collaboration with Charlotte Country Day School and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte.
More information, including online registration, is available on the web.