Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
03 September 2008
repeat 07 Sep
CORPORATE PR
Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor David Miller, author of a new book entitled Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy and Mark Borkowski, PR Practitioner, to discuss the idea that ‘Corporate Spin’ has launched a full scale assault on modern democracy to the point that lies, fakes and ‘dark arts’ are behind a bewildering array of untruths that completely mislead the media and the public.
HIGHRISE LIVING
Could our sense that so many modern cities look alike be the result of looking at them only from the outside – of considering exteriors rather than interiors? Dr Stephen Cairns picks up on some questions raised in last week’s programme about the city and talks about the findings of new research into highrise residential buildings currently being carried out at the University of Edinburgh.
Additional information:
Professor David Miller
Professor of Sociology in the Department of Geography and Sociology at the University of Strathclyde
Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy: Corporate PR and the Assault on Democracy
by William Dinan (Author, Editor), David Miller (Editor)
Publisher: Pluto Press
ISBN-10: 0745324444
ISBN-13: 978-0745324449
Mark Borkowski
PR Practitioner and author of The Fame Formula
The Fame Formula: How Hollywood’s fixers, fakers and star makers created the Celebrity Industry
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
ISBN-10: 0283070390
ISBN-13: 978-0283070396
Dr Stephen Cairns
Head of Architecture and a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory at the University of Edinburgh
Dr Stephen Cairns is co-lead Investigator of the Highrise Project with Jane Jacobs
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