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Beteiligte: Onwumechili, Chuka, Bedeau, Koren
In: Communication & Sport, 5, 2017, 4, S. 407-427
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 407-427
ISSN: 2167-4795
2167-4809
DOI: 10.1177/2167479516633843
veröffentlicht in: Communication & Sport
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> This study analyzes the response by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) after its top officials were arrested for corruption early in 2015. FIFA’s response included President Sepp Blatter’s brief address to FIFA Congress. In the days that followed, Mr. Blatter also gave a television interview and appeared in other media events where he attempted to repair the organization’s image. The analysis focuses on the effectiveness of FIFA’s attempt at image repair. First, it uses Benoit’s image repair theory (IRT) to analyze FIFA’s rhetoric. Second, it conducts a thematic analysis of content from 215 publications in eight newspapers selected from four continents during three crises stages. The results indicate that FIFA failed in its attempt to repair its image following the corruption crisis. </jats:p>