Packaging Protest: Media Coverage of Indigenous People's Collective Action

Wilkes, Rima; Corrigall‐Brown, Catherine; Myers, Daniel J.

doi:10.1111/j.1755-618x.2010.01243.x

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“…Since the early 1980s, indigenous peoples have engaged in widespread extra‐institutional mobilization in Canada, much of which has been reported in the media (Wilkes, Corrigall‐Brown, & Myers, ). Following common practice in social movements research (Earl, Martin, McCarthy, & Soule, ), we coded media reports of mobilization events because investors learn about a community's past mobilization through the media.…”

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Valuing Stakeholder Governance: Property Rights, Community Mobilization, and Firm Value

Dorobantu

Odziemkowska

2017

Strategic Management Journal

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Research summary: While research has shown that good stakeholder relations increase the value of a firm, less is known about how specific types of stakeholder governance affect firm value. We examine the value of one such governance mechanism—community benefits agreements (CBAs) signed by firms and local communities—intended to minimize social conflict that disrupts access to valuable resources. We argue that shareholders evaluate more positively CBAs with local communities with strong property rights and histories of institutional action and extra‐institutional mobilization because these communities are more likely to cause costly disruptions and delays for a firm. We evaluate these arguments by analyzing the cumulative abnormal returns associated with the unexpected announcement of 148 CBAs signed between mining companies and local indigenous communities in Canada. Managerial summary: With firms across many industries facing escalating costs associated with social conflict, new tools are emerging to help firms mitigate these risks by seeking the support of the local communities in which they operate. Community benefits agreements (CBAs) are contracts in which a community provides consent for a new investment in return for tangible benefits, such as local hiring and revenue sharing. We argue that although CBAs are costly for the firm, they are particularly valuable when communities can cause costly disruptions and delays for a firm. Our study of investor reactions to the announcement of 148 CBAs signed between mining companies and local indigenous communities in Canada shows that investors value more CBAs signed with communities with strong property rights and histories of protest. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Valuing Stakeholder Governance: Property Rights, Community Mobilization, and Firm Value

Dorobantu

Odziemkowska

2017

Strategic Management Journal

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“…Most researchers examine this by the quantity of media coverage generated by a movement or by the reproduction of activist claims on television or in newspapers (Andrews & Caren, 2010;Caliendo et al, 1999;Earl et al, 2004;Oliver & Maney, 2000;Wilkes, Corrigall-Brown, & Myers, 2010). We call this a'text-centred' approach to studying movement -media relationships.We begin our analysis by following this tradition and look at national and provincial news coverage of environmental conflicts at Jumbo Pass and the Tobeatic Wilderness.…”

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Environmentalists' Mediawork for Jumbo Pass and the Tobeatic Wilderness, Canada: Combining Text-Centred and Activist-Centred Approaches to News Media and Social Movements

Stoddart

Ramos

Tindall

2013

Social Movement Studies

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For social movements, the mass media are a key means of reaching potential supporters, engaging public and political debate and reshaping cultural interpretations of relationships with the non-human environment. We examine how outdoor sport becomes the object of environmental movement mobilization and media claims-making in conflict over the Jumbo Pass ski resort, British Columbia, and Off-Highway Vehicle use in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. We use provincial and national news coverage and interviews with key movement actors to examine how activists interpret the success or failure of their media work. We find that environmentalists are generally successful at translating claims on behalf of nature to a general audience through newspaper coverage. Using an activist-centred approach to media and social movements, interviews with core activists provide insight into barriers that persist and characterize environmental movement relationships with the media.

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“…As such, media coverage is central to modern social movements (Cottle, 2008;Holmes Cooper, 2002;Kielbowicz & Scherer, 1986;Walgrave & Manssens, 2005;Wilkes, Corrigall-Brown, & Myers, 2010). As such, media coverage is central to modern social movements (Cottle, 2008;Holmes Cooper, 2002;Kielbowicz & Scherer, 1986;Walgrave & Manssens, 2005;Wilkes, Corrigall-Brown, & Myers, 2010).…”

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Picturing Protest

Corrigall‐Brown

Wilkes

2011

American Behavioral Scientist

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Images of collective action shape public understanding of social movement campaigns and issues. Modern media includes more images than ever before, and these images are remembered longer and are more likely to elicit emotional responses than are textual accounts. Yet when it comes to media coverage of collective action, existing research considers only the written accounts. This means that little is known about the extent to which images of collective action events conform to or diverge from the "protest paradigm," a pattern of reporting found in articles that tends to marginalize protesters and legitimizes authorities. The authors address this gap by analyzing newspaper photographs of one of the most significant recent cases of Indigenous-state conflict in North America-the 1990 "Oka Crisis." This 78-day armed standoff between Indigenous peoples and Quebecois and Canadian authorities was sparked by the attempted expansion of a golf course onto Mohawk territory. The mass media produced thousands of articles and photographs in their coverage of the event. This article uses these photographs to assess the manner in which images frame collective action and collective actors. The authors find that images of collective action frame these events differently and in a more nuanced way than do textual accounts. For example, while challengers are just as likely to be shown in images of collective action, they are less likely to be specifically named. In addition, officials are more likely to be shown in dominant positions, but certain groups of officials (particularly government representatives) are also the most likely to be shown as emotional and angry. These findings illustrate the sometimes conflicting messages depicted in images of collective action.A lone man carrying a shopping bag stands in front of and blocks a line of tanks. Four college students sit at a lunch counter. Soldiers surround a student as he places flowers into their guns. A Buddhist monk sets himself on fire as others look on. These descriptions will enable many readers to recall well-known photographs of collective action. Long after the historical details that surround these events are forgotten, these iconic images shape how the public understands the campaigns and movements from which the photographs were taken. Yet most scholars who study the media, social movements, and framing pay scant attention to these images, instead focusing on the written text that accompanies them. The lack of attention to the pictorial is a problem since like written texts, images also frame issues, causes, and movements. There is a strong likelihood that the frames presented in texts and images are not the same. However, the limited empirical attention given to images means that little is known about the media's representation and framing of this visual dimension of contentious action.

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Packaging Protest: Media Coverage of Indigenous People's Collective Action

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Cited by 33 publications

References 45 publications

Valuing Stakeholder Governance: Property Rights, Community Mobilization, and Firm Value

Valuing Stakeholder Governance: Property Rights, Community Mobilization, and Firm Value

Environmentalists' Mediawork for Jumbo Pass and the Tobeatic Wilderness, Canada: Combining Text-Centred and Activist-Centred Approaches to News Media and Social Movements

Picturing Protest

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