The Journal of Professional Communication (JPC)

05/24/2024

I published a brief piece in my editorial for the Journal of Professional Communication 2024 issue. It is some of my thoughts on AI and the communications and marketing profession. Have a read and let me know your thoughts.

Artificial intelligence is opening a new era for professional communication Authors Alex Sevigny Keywords: artificial intelligence, public relations, communications, communications management, marketing, creative professions Abstract In this editorial for volume seven of the Journal of Professional....

12/30/2016

The latest issue of the Journal of Professional Communication () is out!

The Journal of Professional Communication is a peer-reviewed international journal for academics, practitioners, policy makers and creatives in the field of professional communication.

04/30/2016

Check out the latest issue of the Journal of Professional Communication () which is now live: bit.ly/JPCv4i2

The Journal of Professional Communication is a peer-reviewed international journal for academics, practitioners, policy makers and creatives in the field of professional communication.

04/10/2015

Congratulations to JPC author and editor, Dr. Laurence Mussio , for winning an OUSA 2015 Teaching Award! A brilliant writer and a wonderful colleague.

06/08/2014

I have started working with on the next two issues of to be published on August 15 and December 15, 2014! Get your manuscript submissions in for editorials, book reviews, case studies or research articles. There's still time to make it in! http://jpc.mcmaster.ca

Interview with George Legrady, chair of the media arts & technology program at the University of California, Santa BarbaraStefan Müller Arisona

06/05/2014

The hybridization of Art and Science: Collaborative, creative and unafraid. Take a look at our latest issue, which focuses on these dynamic relationships, here: http://bit.ly/1pat7wz

05/14/2014

Congrats to Sylvie Plante ( '13) who was just admitted to the PhD program in "Management (Marketing) at the Laurier School of Business and Economics! Our first MCM alum to start a PhD!

Welcome to the Master of Communications Management (MCM) Program, offering professional communicators, communications executives, educators and entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to earn a postgraduate degree while continuing to earn a living. We specifically designed this program with you in mind,…

05/24/2013

Fascinating New Study from Cormex Media Lab (by JPC author, Dr. Andrew Laing): "Toronto has very high positive coverage, Rob Ford accounts for less than 3% of all coverage, 9% of all negative coverage." http://www.cormex.com/medialab/

Mainstream media origins of the viral videoWhen do events in social media become news in the mainstream media? Stay tuned in June when MediaLAB looks at just a small part of this larger phenomenon: the origins and trends of reporting “viral” videos and memes in mainstream media in Canada, the US a...

10/21/2012

New Blog Post: "Superb MCM October 2012 Residency Concludes."

Superb MCM October 2012 Residency concludesPosted onOctober 21, 2012byAlexWhat a successful, exciting week we had in communications management at McMaster. The record-setting October residency of the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management program came to a close – a week of learning, ...

09/07/2012

New Blog Post: "McMaster launches new, unique Bachelor of Professional Communication (BPC)"

McMaster launches a new Bachelor of Professional Communication (BPC) Posted on September 6, 2012 by Alex Our world is changing at light speed and it need a new class of highly qualified, well-educated, ethical professional communicators. This change is creating the need for highly compete...

08/13/2012

We are now accepting papers for a special issue of the Journal of Professional Communication on the topic of "Social Media Transformations."

You can submit an op-ed, a research article, a case study, a book review, an interview, a practical paper or a work of creativity (a poster design, a multimedia website, etc.) for publication in JPC.

JPC is a fully-peer-reviewed, international journal for professional communication practitioners, journalists, academics and policy makers.

http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/jpc/about.html

In this special issue of JPC, we invite submissions investigating the how, the why and the what behind these transformations. Specifically, we are focused on these questions: