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Kristin Demetrious
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Associate Professor of Communication at Deakin University, Australia. Researching in critical public relations (explains everything, especially climate change denialism). Occasional artist. Editor ‘Public Relations Inquiry’. New book coming soon(ish)!
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Kristin Demetrious @kristindemetrious.bsky.social · Jul 10
New Interdisciplinary article with David Lowe on media histories. A US style ‘PR Plan’ commissioned by the Australian government at the beginning of WW2 was designed to never be seen. It brought a whole new political language to our shores, setting the tenor and style for decades to come.
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Let the 49.3 games begin!

First up, @kristindemetrious.bsky.social and Lowe examines the historical influence of US public relations on Australian practice and its ongoing legacies in Australian political communication.

#AusUSrelations #OpenAccess #auspol #PublicRelations

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Screenshot of journal article. Title: “What Australia Thinks”: Richard Casey, Earl Newsom and Australia’s Early Embrace of US Public Relations. Authors: Kristin Demetrious, Deakin University, and David Lowe, Deakin University. Abstract: In 1940, wartime Prime Minister Robert Menzies established Australia’s first foreign legation to Washington DC, appointing his political rival, Richard Gardiner Casey, a move that marked a turning point in the importation of US public relations. This article examines formative exchanges between Casey, one of the Liberal Party’s most senior and capable members, and US public relations figure Earl Newsom, who authored a confidential report for Casey into overcoming American uninterest in, and ignorance of, Australia. Drawing on the Earl Newsom papers, we argue that Casey’s alliance with Newsom increased the visibility of Australian news in the United States; activated a bevy of cultural and travel relationships; and was conducted in a way to avoid the unpalatable taint of propaganda. Casey’s mission was contextualised by a political battle between US media industry players and democratic reformists and had ongoing implications for Australian political communication, separate from the histories of advertising, magazine and film connections. This interdisciplinary case study sheds new light on the cultural, social, economic and political flows stemming from Australia’s embrace of United States public relations at a moment when other roads might have been taken.
August 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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ICA 2025 - Denver, USA. Finally got a good pic of this art installation! Says it all.
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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“What Australia Thinks”: Richard Casey, Earl Newsom and Australia’s Early Embrace of US Public Relations
In 1940, wartime Prime Minister Robert Menzies established Australia’s first foreign legation to Washington DC, appointing his political rival, Richard Gardiner Casey, a move that marked a turning ...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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New Interdisciplinary article with David Lowe on media histories. A US style ‘PR Plan’ commissioned by the Australian government at the beginning of WW2 was designed to never be seen. It brought a whole new political language to our shores, setting the tenor and style for decades to come.
July 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.
What’s Happening to Reading?
For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Congratulations to the whole Albanese team!
May 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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the May 2025 editorial is online @alenkajelen.bsky.social @kristindemetrious.bsky.social & I call on PR scholars to be ‘troublemakers’
prinquiry.bsky.social Public Relations Inquiry @prinquiry.bsky.social · Mar 30
new editorial: the work of critical PR scholars, unmasking power structures, identifying social injustices, upholding human rights and revealing social and environmental harms, is an important act of resistance to confront powerful, ideological forces
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Award-winners and troublemakers: Critical public relations scholarship in troubling times - Alenka Jelen, Kirstin Demetrious, Kate Fitch, 2025
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March 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Hello K! Good to (virtually) see you! Kate has stated a Critical PR group - hers the link go.bsky.app/ALfzHKL
November 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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here’s the #CriticalPR link go.bsky.app/ALfzHKL
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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exciting news! we have launched the L’Etang-Pieczka Award to recognise innovative, critical, creative and boundary-pushing public relations scholarship journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
L’Etang-Pieczka award outstanding PRI paper of the year: 2024 shortlist - Kristin Demetrious, Kate Fitch, Alenka Jelen, 2024
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November 22, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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A bit disconcerting when one of the world's largest moth species is attracted to your headlamp! Found this beautiful Hercules Moth in far north Queensland.

#wildoz #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #insects
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Joining BlueSky today!
November 12, 2024 at 7:16 AM