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Union framing of conflict‐related issues in the entertainment industry
Author(s) -
Fuller Ryan P.,
Putnam Linda L.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.21221
Subject(s) - cognitive reframing , framing (construction) , blame , entertainment , political science , social psychology , european union , public relations , sociology , psychology , law , economics , engineering , structural engineering , economic policy
This study examined the conflict framing of union leaders as they reacted to changes in the entertainment industry. The analysis revealed how participants named conflict‐based issues and attributed blame for them, cast them as whole stories, or reframed them. Overall, the leaders of two types of unions differed in their naming and blaming of controversial issues. This study suggested that naming and blaming of conflict‐based issues operated differently for the two types of unions. Leaders who employed naming singled out critical agenda items and often used reframing, while union leaders who depicted issues as whole stories resisted reframing the issues.