Twitter (X), Fast Fashion and Backlash: Argumentation and Ethics on Social Media

Balabanova, Ekaterina ORCID: 0000-0001-6962-9905, Palmieri, Rudi ORCID: 0000-0002-5122-3058 and Liu, Zixiu (2023) Twitter (X), Fast Fashion and Backlash: Argumentation and Ethics on Social Media. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly.

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Abstract

<jats:p> Social media backlashes have emerged as important phenomena complicating how businesses communicate online and representing significant brand risk. This article demonstrates the value of content analysis and argumentation theory for understanding and responding to social media backlash events, using two examples from the UK fashion industry (hashtags #ThanksItsASOS and #boycottboohoo). The results provide lessons about the way backlashes operate in practice, how to analyze these effectively, and have implications for business approaches to communicating about Corporate Social Responsibility and managing social media. The authors conclude with suggestions for training on social media and CSR for businesses. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2023 14:40
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2023 12:14
DOI:	10.1177/23294906231208411
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906231208411
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3176719