The Importance of Language Games in School Public Relations

This article examines the language games played by superintendents as they work with school boards and community activists to craft school policy. We begin by examining the role of language in problem definition and the agenda-setting process. We then examine how political culture and the media affe...

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Published inJournal of School Public Relations Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 281 - 303
Main Authors Fusarelli, Lance, Sanders, Marla
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Published Rowman & Littlefield Education 2005
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Abstract This article examines the language games played by superintendents as they work with school boards and community activists to craft school policy. We begin by examining the role of language in problem definition and the agenda-setting process. We then examine how political culture and the media affect problem definition. We argue that school leaders must actively and craftily control these debates over school policy, and we offer suggestions for winning these language games.
AbstractList This article examines the language games played by superintendents as they work with school boards and community activists to craft school policy. We begin by examining the role of language in problem definition and the agenda-setting process. We then examine how political culture and the media affect problem definition. We argue that school leaders must actively and craftily control these debates over school policy, and we offer suggestions for winning these language games.
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Agenda Setting
Board Administrator Relationship
Boards of Education
Language Role
Language Usage
Policy Formation
Politics of Education
Public Relations
School Policy
Superintendents
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