Professional models and Advertising and Public Relations university degrees in Spain from the point of view of Public Relations (2017-2018)

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Abstract

This research identifies and analyzes the curricula

of higher education degrees specialized

in Advertising and Public Relations -or their

equivalents- in Spain, during the 2017-2018

academic year, to check if there have been

modifications of improvement in the number

of specific subjects of public relations with

respect to advertising, from the first deployment

of the EHEA to nowadays. In 2017-2018,

a total of 33 degrees were identified with the

terms “advertising” and “public relations” in

their naming. Out of the total of specific advertising

and public relations subjects taught,

68.99% were about advertising and 31.01%

about public relations. In the third deployment

of the EHEA in the Spanish university

system (2017-2018) the number of specific

subjects of public relations are lesser with

respect to advertising. It is verified that this

situation of numerical inferiority is still maintained

from the old bachelor’s degrees prior

to the implementation of the Bologna Plan. It

is noted that the degree training in Advertis

ing and Public Relations is a minority among

communication managers, for the benefit of

Journalism, so the professional models prevalent

in Spain are of a technical nature: that

of press agent and public information (Grunig

and Grunig, 1989; Grunig, 1989).

Keywords

Advertising, degrees, EHEA, professionalization, public relations, Spain

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Author Biographies

Kathy Matilla, Ramon Llull University

Doctor specialized in Public Relations and Master in Social Communication from the Ramon Llull University. Degree in Geography and History from the University of Barcelona. Master in Marketing from ESADE-URL. She is an associate professor in the Degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing at the Blanquerna Faculty of Communication and International Relations of the Ramon Llull University. She was vice-dean of Public Relations of the Association of Advertisers and Public Relations of Catalonia and international president of FISEC-Ibero-American Forum on Communication Strategies. Member of the Board of Directors of AIRP-Association of Researchers in Public Relations. Strategic consultant in Public Relations, Corporate Communication and Management.

Salvador Hernández, Catholic University San Antonio de Murcia

Doctor specialized in Public Relations from the University of Seville. Degree in Communication Sciences from the CEU-San Pablo University of Madrid. He is a tenured professor in the Degree in Advertising and Public Relations at the Faculty of Human Sciences and Communication of the San Antonio de Murcia Catholic University and in postgraduate courses and courses in Spanish and European universities: Pontificia de Salamanca, Seville, Malaga, Siena, Wroclaw and Eichstatt. Director of the Higher School of Protocol and Institutional Relations of the San Antonio de Murcia Catholic University. Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of AIRP-Association of Researchers in Public Relations.

Marc Compte-Pujol, Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVIC-CC)

Doctor specialized in Public Relations and Master's Degree in Advertising Strategy and Creativity from the Ramon Llull University. Graduate in Audiovisual Communication from Pompeu Fabra University and Master in Film Direction from ESCAC-School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalonia (University of Barcelona). He is an associate professor in the Degree in Advertising and Public Relations at the Faculty of Business and Communication of the University of Vic-Central de Catalunya.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v7i15.22185

Published

2018-12-13

How to Cite

Matilla, K., Hernández, S., & Compte-Pujol, M. (2018). Professional models and Advertising and Public Relations university degrees in Spain from the point of view of Public Relations (2017-2018). Communication Papers. Media Literacy and Gender Studies., 7(15), 91. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v7i15.22185

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