The power of activist networks in the mass self-communication era: A triangulation study of the impact of WikiLeaks on the stock value of Bank of America

Uysal, Nur; Yang, Aimei

doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.09.007

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“…The assumption of mutual influence makes the idea of one-way influence suspect. This is a point underscored in recent studies of relations between organizations and activist publics (Uysal & Yang, 2013). The interconnectedness of holistic relations also raises questions related to conflict and crisis.…”

Section: Assumption #8: Relational Constellation and Relational Stratmentioning

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Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism: Explicating Cultural Assumptions in the Concept of “Relationships”

Zaharna

2015

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While the basic concept of “relationship” is pivotal to research and theory across a spectrum of communication studies, cultural assumptions about this basic concept may vary significantly, and yet escape scholars' awareness. This study exposes assumptions buried in foundational U.S.‐based Organization‐Public Relationship (OPR) scholarship to illustrate how differing assumptions about “relationships” correspond to understandings of communication processes and goals. “Relationalism” is introduced as an analytical lens to provide insights beyond the dichotomous relational patterns of individualism‐collectivism, explore global perspectives, and help explicate a graduated range of relational assumptions that challenge OPR theoretical premises. Relational assumptions identified in OPR scholarship have heuristic value for communication areas that have “relationships” as a pivotal concept.

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Section: Assumption #8: Relational Constellation and Relational Stratmentioning

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Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism: Explicating Cultural Assumptions in the Concept of “Relationships”

Zaharna

2015

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“…Interorganizational networks are used to uncover relationship networks among organizations. For example, Uysal and Yang (2013) examined WikiLeaks' mass self-communication network during its confrontation against Bank of America. They identified 434 websites that received or sent hyperlinks to WikiLeaks, mapped the hyperlink structure among these websites, and demonstrated WikiLeaks' power over other information sources with its dominant network position.…”

Section: The Absence Of Publics In Networked Public Relations Researchmentioning

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Bring publics back into networked public relations research: A dual-projection approach for network ecology

Zhou

2019

Public Relations Review

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This essay critiques the absence of publics in networked public relations research, and proposes the dual-projection approach as a solution to simplify and analyze the multi-mode public relations network ecology (Yang & Taylor, 2015). Compared to most previous studies that employ organization-centric networks where ties stand for hyperlinks, collaborations, or coalitions, the new approach projects organization-public relationships and public-public relationships onto interorganizational ties. By doing so, it 1) brings publics back into networked public relations research; 2) presents organizations and publics-the two most important subjects of public relations research-equally in the same network, 3) drives literature further away from a dyadic view of relationship management, and 4) constitutes one of the first techniques that can analyze direct and timely consequences of organization-public relationships in the network ecology. To demonstrate the new approach, the network of publics overlap is introduced and applied to US-based LGBTQ advocacy groups. The essay also discusses the theoretical inquiries needed to further dual-projection networks, and invites scholars to create novel ways to incorporate publics into their network studies using dual projection.

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“…As Watergate (The Washington Post, 2008) and more recent events have demonstrated (Coddington, 2012;Fantz, 2011;Keller, 2011), organizational image can be damaged when internal documents not intended for public consumption are made public (Uysal & Yang, 2013). When WikiLeaks, "an activist group" (2013, p. 459), published private Bank of America documents, Bank of America stock prices went down, which illustrated the power of online activism (Uysal & Yang, 2013).…”

Section: Whistleblowing and Crisis Communicationmentioning

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Whistleblowing in the Fortune 1000: What practitioners told us about wrongdoing in corporations in a pilot study

Greenwood

2015

Public Relations Review

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The power of activist networks in the mass self-communication era: A triangulation study of the impact of WikiLeaks on the stock value of Bank of America

Cited by 32 publications

References 21 publications

Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism: Explicating Cultural Assumptions in the Concept of “Relationships”

Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism: Explicating Cultural Assumptions in the Concept of “Relationships”

Bring publics back into networked public relations research: A dual-projection approach for network ecology

Whistleblowing in the Fortune 1000: What practitioners told us about wrongdoing in corporations in a pilot study

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