FIGHTING WITH THE FOURTH ESTATE: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF ORGANIZATION-MEDIA RIVALRY FOR NARRATIVE CONTROL FOLLOWING A TRANSGRESSION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hersel, Matt C.
• 署名单位: Clemson University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2020.0012
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 425-447
• 关键词: COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; Issue salience; COMMUNICATION; news; industry; coverage; CONSEQUENCES; legitimacy; strategies; CRISIS

摘要

In this article, I develop a theoretical framework to explain rivalry for narrative control between members of the media and transgressing organizations. I do so by integrating and advancing key insights from competitive dynamics and crisis management research. The first part of this framework conceptualizes the unique tensions, actions, and reactions that characterize rivalry for narrative control following organizational transgressions and distinguish it from other forms of rivalry. The second part of the framework conceptualizes the role of both journalists' and organizational leaders' perceptions in shaping actions and reactions during rivalry for narrative control. This framework contributes to competitive dynamics research by further conceptualizing how rivalries between dissimilar actors materialize. This framework also broadens research on crisis management following transgressions to account for the potentially rivalrous nature of organization-media relations.