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Where's the beef? Institutional (de)legitimation of cultured meat in France and Italy
Abstract
As breakthrough innovations are increasingly debated, their acceptance during the pre-market phase becomes critical in shaping future industrial trajectories. Yet, we still know little about how public debate shapes legitimacy during this phase. We address this gap by explaining how legitimacy is socially constructed through competing public frames. Using topic modelling on media coverage of cultured meat in Italy and France, we show that competing interpretative stakeholders’ coalitions generate contrasting legitimation trajectories, highlighting how national public debate shapes industrial opportunities.
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BibTeX
@misc{colapinto2026wheres,
title = {{Where's the beef? Institutional (de)legitimation of cultured meat in France and Italy}},
author = {Cinzia Colapinto and Monica Plechero and Carlo Romano Marcello Alessandro Santagiustina},
howpublished = {HAL},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.2139/ssrn.5132559},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-04940187v3},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Where's the beef? Institutional (de)legitimation of cultured meat in France and Italy
AU - Cinzia Colapinto
AU - Monica Plechero
AU - Carlo Romano Marcello Alessandro Santagiustina
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/10
PB - HAL
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.5132559
UR - https://hal.science/hal-04940187v3
AB - As breakthrough innovations are increasingly debated, their acceptance during the pre-market phase becomes critical in shaping future industrial trajectories. Yet, we still know little about how public debate shapes legitimacy during this phase. We address this gap by explaining how legitimacy is socially constructed through competing public frames. Using topic modelling on media coverage of cultured meat in Italy and France, we show that competing interpretative stakeholders’ coalitions generate contrasting legitimation trajectories, highlighting how national public debate shapes industrial opportunities.
ER -