Corporate Social Responsibility in the Media: A Content Analysis of Business News in Spain

ABSTRACT: This article presents the findings of a theoretically driven content analysis of the coverage of corporate social responsibility by Expansión, the leading Spanish business journal, in a 1-year time frame. The goal of the article is to help companies understand how they can take advantage o...

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Autores: Pérez Ruiz, Andrea|||0000-0003-3521-1783, García de los Salmones, María del Mar|||0000-0001-5217-4553, López Gutiérrez, Carlos|||0000-0003-1703-6440
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/15051
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/15051
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Corporate social responsibility
Stakeholders
Media
News
Spain
Content analysis
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: This article presents the findings of a theoretically driven content analysis of the coverage of corporate social responsibility by Expansión, the leading Spanish business journal, in a 1-year time frame. The goal of the article is to help companies understand how they can take advantage of media coverage of CSR by identifying the major stakeholder groups and CSR issues discussed in business news, the positive/negative/mixed tone of the coverage, and the differences that exist in media CSR discourse depending on the industry under scrutiny. The findings are explained under the salience framework of stakeholder theory.