The shares of BP plc and its subcontractors were rocked when the financial markets discovered the true impact of the Deepwater Horizon explosion as reported in the Wall Street Journal on 22 April 2010. While we track the impact of the disaster on share prices of the key participants, perhaps the...

This study evaluates environmental groups' responses to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, looking specifically at the 'causal stories' groups tell about the disaster. Using content analysis of email communications, press releases, and blog entries sampled between April 20 and Sept. 20, 2010,...