Public relations and corporate social responsibility in T&T

Within my new hobby of finding anything Caribbean-related,

I'm also using this blog as a sort of journal on my progress

on my research for my dissertation for my Master's in

Corporate Communication. Seems, I never end up

writing in the notebook I bought to use as a journal.

So net junkie like me, I usin d net. Thankfully, I've

finished my research proposal, just to print, bind

and submit it. I'm pretty excited about it. Gonna look

at public relations and corporate social

responsibility in Trinidad and Tobago.

It's a damn shame that there's hardly any research on

PR in the Caribbean. They writing about everywhere

else but the isles of sun, sea and sand. Except for

Dr Juliette Storr, a Bahamian, who did some research

on the use of PR in educating people on HIV and AIDS.

And really, all the PR books are predominantly about

practice in America, the UK and Europe. There is

some research on PR in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

All d Global Public Relations Handbook could say is oh,

we have no research on the Caribbean, but it's important

to learn more about PR in this part of the world since

it can lend new knowledge to international and multicultural PR.

Damn skippy!

So I tink is best for one of us to start the research

instead of some outsider with little understanding of

our cultural, historical, social and political environments

and who though he/ she may become informed to an extent

on the subject will invariably insert some stereotypical views

of the developing world.

Now, I not saying that I don't have my own subjective thoughts.

And obviously my research subjects will have their own views

but I'm gonna present their reality, as they see it, as they

describe it. That way I can claim objectivity be presenting

their objectivity and subjectivity as is.

And to my lecturer who thinks I may be distracted by doing

my dissertation at home and end up liming on the beach instead

of doing my work, doh worry, dis Trini eh stupid. You know how

much pounds I pay just to study and live in jolly (roll eyes) England?


Karel