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The maintenance of macro-vocabularies in an industry: The case of the France's recorded music industry

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Date
2019
Dewey
Interaction sociale
Sujet
Discursive work; Corpus linguistics; Words; New technologies
JEL code
Z.Z1.Z13; L.L8.L82
Journal issue
Industrial Marketing Management
Volume
80
Publication date
2019
Article pages
280-295
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.06.004
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/21292
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Author
Blanc, Antoine
Huault, Isabelle
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Different studies have proved the importance of language and vocabularies in structuring shared perceptions among stakeholders within an industry. Little is known about the discursive work involved in the evolution of these vocabularies. The use of corpus linguistics provides insights in the process through which an industry stabilises itself and how incumbents engage in discursive work to maintain their interests. We explore the jolt the Internet provoked in the French recorded music industry between 1988 and 2008. We argue that one major explanation for the industry inertia is that the technology of the Internet and the new distribution channels it opened up were framed by discourses, characterized by a relatively stable vocabulary which repeated established words such as right and artistic work. The discursive work of incumbent actors supports the stabilization of this vocabulary. When new words appeared, they were incorporated into existing vocabulary. This dual process of repetition and incorporation was facilitated by the fact that many of the words central to the debate were relatively empty and ambiguous floating signifiers. This paper represents a promising avenue to better account for the place of words in the institutional work and more specifically institutional maintenance

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