Trial by fire: Media constructions of corporate deviance

Cavender, Gray; Mulcahy, Aogán

doi:10.1080/07418829800093951

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“…Second, we developed some of our content categories specifically for this research; others we borrowed from previous studies on the news media (Chermak 1995;Wright et al 1995;Lofquist 1997;Cavender and Mulcahy 1998;Goff 2001;Burns and Orrick 2002). Newsworthiness was measured by three indices: the type of news coverage, the placement of news reports and the type of news story.…”

Section: Methodological Issuesmentioning

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The Media, the Politics of Truth, and the Coverage of Corporate Violence: The Westray Disaster and the Public Inquiry

McMullan

McClung

2006

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Section: Methodological Issuesmentioning

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The Media, the Politics of Truth, and the Coverage of Corporate Violence: The Westray Disaster and the Public Inquiry

McMullan

McClung

2006

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“…Researchers have argued that such crimes are less likely to fit within the traditional crime news frame, which emphasizes the attribution and individualization of responsibility, the reaffirmation of moral boundaries, and the promotion of resolution (Caveder and Mulcahy 1998;Ericson et al 1991). The construction of news stories is also affected by the press's access to sources and their relationships with them.…”

Section: News Media and Crimementioning

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“It’s a Horrible Coincidence”: Corporate Responsibility and the 2007 Pet Food Recall

Fitzgerald

2009

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The 2007 pet food recall has perhaps become best known for marking the beginning of the barrage of recalled items produced in China. The importance of this case, however, extends well beyond that distinction. The recall received extensive media coverage, its implications are vast, and the threads of corporate malfeasance woven throughout are plentiful. The pet food recall therefore provides an instructive case for examining discourses of corporate responsibility and crime in the media. To this end, an analysis of newspaper accounts of the recall in Canada, where the primary pet food manufacturing company involved is located, and in the United States, where the bulk of the affected pets and owners reside, is undertaken in this paper. Building on previous research examining mediated discourses of corporate crime, this paper documents a shift in the depictions of responsibility for the recall over time. However, a continued reluctance to invoke a ''social vocabulary of corporate crime'' is observed in the descriptions of certain actors' actions, particularly once juxtaposed against the behavior of constructed ''folk devils'' in the case.

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“…Hence, the parties to a strike assume more rigid positions when their positions are made public. In another context, Cavender and Mulcahy (1998) discuss how the threat of media coverage and the need to maintain a positive corporate image can deter corporations from engaging in corporate crime. In addition, the broader WSJ coverage of poorly performing firms may exacerbate operating problems at these firms by harming relations with suppliers, customers, lenders, etc.…”

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Monitoring by the financial press and forced CEO turnover

Farrell

Whidbee

2002

Journal of Banking & Finance

109

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This paper examines Wall Street Journal news stories about 79 firms that forced CEO turnover and a matched sample of firms that did not force CEO turnover. In the two years prior to turnover, firms in the forced-turnover sample were the subjects of 76% more news stories about poor firm performance despite being from the same industry, of similar size, and similar performance as a sample of matched firms. Overall, the evidence suggests that scrutiny of poor firm performance by the financial press increases the likelihood of forced CEO turnover.

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Trial by fire: Media constructions of corporate deviance

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

The Media, the Politics of Truth, and the Coverage of Corporate Violence: The Westray Disaster and the Public Inquiry

The Media, the Politics of Truth, and the Coverage of Corporate Violence: The Westray Disaster and the Public Inquiry

“It’s a Horrible Coincidence”: Corporate Responsibility and the 2007 Pet Food Recall

Monitoring by the financial press and forced CEO turnover

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