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\"\"The democratic legitimacy of government public relations has been a topic of discussion in academic literature and constitutional jurisprudence for years. Dr. Tobias Mast<\/a> reviews a recently published dissertation on the subject by Florian Maier \u2014 Government Public Relations in New Media: An “Update” on Its Boundaries’ \u2014 and elaborates on the untapped potential of interdisciplinary legal scholarship in relation to the empirical assumptions commonly accepted as fact.<\/p>\n

The review was published in German in the journal “Archiv des \u00d6ffentlichen Rechts” [Archive of Public Law] (A\u00f6R 151\/2026). You can purchase the law journal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tobias Mast: Rezension zu: Maier, Florian: Regierungsamtliche \u00d6ffentlichkeitsarbeit in den neuen Medien: Ein \u201eUpdate\u201c ihrer Grenzen<\/span> [Review of: Government Public Relations in New Media: An “Update” on Its Boundaries]. In: Archiv des \u00f6ffentlichen Rechts<\/em> (A\u00f6R), <\/em>issue 151 (2026), pp. 166\u2013174, DOI: 10.1628\/aoer-2026-0012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2579,"template":"","tags":[398,400],"class_list":["post-7762","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous","tag-other-publications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGovernment Public Relations in New Media - Leibniz Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung | Leibniz Institute for Media Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For years, the democratic legitimacy of government public relations has been a topic of discussion in academic literature and constitutional jurisprudence. 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