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Causes and consequences of U.S. chain store closings: Attributions in the media
Author(s) -
Johnson Mark S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychology and marketing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.035
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1520-6793
pISSN - 0742-6046
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6793(200008)17:8<721::aid-mar4>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - attribution , newspaper , framing (construction) , psychology , advertising , closing (real estate) , exploratory analysis , exploratory research , news media , social psychology , content analysis , public relations , sociology , political science , business , law , social science , history , data science , archaeology , computer science
This article examines store closings by U.S. chain retailers including the reasons for closing and the consequences of store closings for customers, employees, and other concerned parties. This exploratory study is based on content analysis of a sampling of newspaper and magazine articles in the general public and business media during the period 1990 to early 1996. An important aspect in the framing of media articles is to delineate a cause‐and‐effect structure of reasons and implications of news events. The attributions of responsibility in these media accounts are compared to the attributions commonly made in official corporate accounts, such as annual reports. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.