Category:Public Relations

General works on corporate Public Relations:

Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber excerpts

Toxic Sludge is Good for Youby John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton Common Courage Press, 1995 excerpts video online video preview

Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business by Roland Marchand (Long excerpt from Ch 1).

NPR story on how products pretend to be green. (Audio)

Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash Brian Tokar

Astroturf is a term applied to industry-created front groups that pretend to be legitimate grassroots organizations. Rick Berman, AKA Dr Evil, has created a number of these groups, including one that attempted to discredit UCSC alum Chuck Savitt, co-founder of the most important publishers of green books, Island Press. 60 Minutes video.

Global Warming

Fox News Attacks Global Warming from Brave New Films (partisan)