Media narratives of industrial plant closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8361007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Sutton (0000-0003-3254-577X, Western University, corresponding author), Godwin Arku (0000-0001-7720-1554, Western University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/area.12938 |
| OpenAlex | W4392884091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
Since the 1970s, a defining feature of advanced economies has been industrial plant closures, stemming from the broader process of economic restructuring. Plant closures have been extensively covered by the media due to their adverse effects on localities. However, no media analysis of closures has been conducted in the plant closure literature. In addition to providing a wealth of information, such an analysis can provide insight into media narratives of closures. Media profoundly affects economies by disseminating narratives that influence society, institutions, and politics. To bridge the plant closure and media literature, this paper conducts a media analysis of closures in Ontario, Canada, from 2000 to 2019. Like other advanced economies, the province has experienced many plant closures over the past several decades. The paper found that the overarching narrative presented by the media was that ‘no one is responsible’ for plant closures and therefore ‘no one can or should act’. Also, it was found that differences in media narratives of closures were primarily due to the political slant of news outlets, not city size or scale of news outlets or whether news outlets were independently owned or part of a media conglomerate. Lastly, the paper found that the dissemination of media coverage on plant closures throughout the province was primarily based on the number of job losses, resulting in media coverage of smaller closures remaining localised, while media coverage of larger closures spreading throughout the province
Art · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Mining and Resource Management · Regional resilience and development
The Spiral of Silence
Making news
Globalization and Economic Restructuring in Ontario
Mass Media and Public Policy
Promoting Adaptive Reuse in Ontario
Mass media and policy-making
Staples, markets, and cultural change
Content Analysis
Retooling local economies
Economic development approaches in a changing global economy
Ontario’s Right-Wing Populism “Will Cost You”
Enabling Postmedia
Regional economic resilience
On the notion of regional economic resilience
Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development
Technology and the Canadian Mind
Media representations of social housing before and during Covid-19
The impact of factory closure on local communities and economies
A tale of two cities
Building a Geographical Political Economy of Closure
Employment Outcomes and Plant Closure in a Post-industrial City
Plant Closure and the Local Economy
Lament for a Nation
Vetoes and Venues
The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Research
Regional economic resilience
Manufacturing change and policy response in the contemporary economic landscape
The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media
Media and Policy Making in the Digital Age
The Knowledge Economy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |