SOCIAL-PROBLEMS AS LANDMARK NARRATIVES - BANK-OF-BOSTON, MASS-MEDIA AND MONEY LAUNDERING

Authors
NICHOLS LT
Citation
Lt. Nichols, SOCIAL-PROBLEMS AS LANDMARK NARRATIVES - BANK-OF-BOSTON, MASS-MEDIA AND MONEY LAUNDERING, Social problems, 44(3), 1997, pp. 324-341
Citations number
105
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Social problems → ACNP
ISSN journal
00377791
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
324 - 341
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-7791(1997)44:3<324:SALN-B>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The paper examines how claimsmakers selectively construct instances of alleged problems as ''landmark narratives,'' with particular attentio n to the rhetorical practices of mass print media. The analysis shows how currency reporting violations at the Bank of Boston became synonym ous with ''money laundering,'' and how official claimsmakers exploited the rase to produce a wave of similar violations, thereby creating a warrant for new policies.