Narratives and Network Organization: A Comparison of Fair Trade Systems in Two Nations
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Bennett, W. L.
Foot, K.
Xenos, M.
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Wiley-Blackwell
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peer reviewed
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Journal of Communication
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The narratives that flow through networks can shed light on their organization. This analysis looks at the elaboration of fair trade networks in the United States and the United Kingdom, with a focus on the narrative control exercised by key gatekeeping organizations. Structural properties of the 2 networks reflect differences in centralization as measured through distance, closeness, and betweenness in relations among organizations. The analysis suggests that once a dominant story or entrenched opposing stories become established in a network, structural dynamics involving narrative choices, conflicts, and strategies can lead comparable networks to diverge even as they espouse the same cause. These differences affect the capacities of networks to mobilize for various kinds of activities.
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social networks, communication, evolution, states
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<Go to ISI>://000289117500006
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01538.x/asset/j.1460-2466.2011.01538.x.pdf?v=1&t=h3b5qrox&s=a436a2758357865adbb54abfe8809148504b9edd
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01538.x/asset/j.1460-2466.2011.01538.x.pdf?v=1&t=h3b5qrox&s=a436a2758357865adbb54abfe8809148504b9edd
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