Disciplining the workforce - The news media frame a General Motors plant closing

被引：24

作者：

Martin, CR ^{[1
]}

Oshagan, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] WAYNE STATE UNIV, DEPT COMMUN, DETROIT, MI 48202 USA

来源：

COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 1997年 / 24卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1177/0093650297024006004

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

What do the news media identify, as the problems, causes, and remedies when a corporate giant threatens two communities with an industrial plant closing that will displace thousands of workers? This article analyzes the narrative frames of national television and print news coverage following a December 1991 announcement by General Motors that if would close either its Arlington, Texas, or Willow Run, Michigan, assembly plant. The analysis extends through the eventual shutdown of the Willow Run plant, which affected more than 4,000 workers, and the continuing downsizing of the Arlington plant. News story texts commonly invoked a frame that suggests citizens have no choice but to adapt to difficult but necessary business decisions. The news stories ignored or discredited any democratic public action that challenged or offered alternatives to the plant closing and downsizing.

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页码：669 / 697

页数：29