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Public relations practice in the Ghana police service

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dc.contributor.author Issah, J. A.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-09T10:56:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-09T10:56:38Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/3464
dc.description A thesis in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education Winneba, in partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master’s of Philosophy (Business Communication Degree). JULY, 2017 en_US
dc.description.abstract The study sought to investigate and describe the nature of Public Relations practice in the Ghana Police Service. This followed the limited assessment of the nature of Public Relations practice within the Service by previous studies. The study is qualitative in nature and data was taken from interviews using a semi-structured interview guide while the coorientation theory and Public Relations roles theory were employed for the analysis of the nuances of Public Relations practice in the Service. Findings of the study reveal that even though Public Relations is visibly seen to be located at management on the organisational chart of the Police Service, the practitioners sit in management meetings merely as “observers” since the management function role of the Public Relations practitioners has been relegated to the background. The study confirmed that although the Public Relations practitioners employed both two-way and one-way methods of communication, the practitioners were gradually gravitating more towards the use of two-way communication which is seen in Public Relations as the best approach to engaging the publics of an organisation. The study concludes that although the Public Relations units of the Ghana Police Service have been fraught with huge challenges, the police Public Relations officers have always been at the fore-front in communicating the rules of engagement of the service to its numerous publics. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education, Winneba en_US
dc.subject Public relations en_US
dc.subject Ghana Police Service en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.title Public relations practice in the Ghana police service en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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