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Authenticity, communication, and critical theory
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In this paper, the notion of authenticity in the study of communication by tracing its treatment in the literature of recent social theory, particularly Critical Theory, is discussed. And the authors conclude that the search for the authentic has been a historically grounded intellectual concern with considerations of creative practices serving to recover the authentic in contemporary life.Abstract:
This essay deals with the notion of authenticity in the study of communication by tracing its treatment in the literature of recent social theory, particularly Critical Theory. It suggests that the search for the authentic has been a historically grounded intellectual concern with considerations of creative practices serving to recover the authentic in contemporary life. The essay concludes by acknowledging the need of Critical Theory to address the challenges of postmodern thought and the potential of popular culture in an emancipatory struggle.read more
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Toward Authentic Participation: Deconstructing the Discourses of Participatory Reforms in Education:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the various influences on the discourse of participation and the ways it is currently being promoted and implemented by diverse constituencies and analyze how participation becomes a form of public relations to create greater institutional legitimacy for current educational practices, and how participation mechanisms, viewed as disciplinary practices, become more sophisticated technologies of control.
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A dynamic theory of leadership development
TL;DR: In this article, a dynamic theory of leadership development is proposed, which posits that leadership is a developmental process based on the type of choice a leader makes, while choice implies that two good options are always available from which to select, one should make choices in accordance with the leader's worldview.
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Reconnecting Business and Society: Perceptions of Authenticity in Corporate Social Responsibility
Daina Mazutis,Natalie Slawinski +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and authenticity by developing a framework that explains the characteristics of CSR activities that lead to a perception by stakeholders that a firm's CSR efforts are genuine.
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Strategy Making and the Search for Authenticity
TL;DR: In this article, a shift from business as usual to the search for the creation of a more authentic corporate self might look like in practice, contending that such a shift offers the possibility for improving both the moral good and the business outcomes of an institution simultaneously.
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Authenticity and the construct's dimensions in public relations and communication research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the construct authenticity and its dimensions and propose an index to measure levels of authenticity in organisational messages and actions, as well as perceived authenticity from the stakeholders' perspective.
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A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia
TL;DR: In this paper, a translation of the poem "The Pleasures of Philosophy" is presented, with a discussion of concrete rules and abstract machines in the context of art and philosophy.
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TL;DR: One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly and what the troubling social and political implications of this are as mentioned in this paper.
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