The performative journalist

Job satisfaction, temporary workers and American television news

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7477643
AutoresKathleen M Ryan (0000-0001-9720-2773, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO, USA,, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen10
Número5
Páginas647-664
Fecha de publicación2009-09-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884909106537
OpenAlexW2134570406
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas32
Referencias citadas18

Television news operations are increasingly turning to freelance workers for newsroom staffing. This article traces the economic and industry conditions that led to the rise of a non-staff workforce. It proposes that US freelancers operate under a different paradigm from European or other freelancers, and analyzes results from a survey of news workers (freelance and staff) conducted in summer 2007. The survey uses intrinsic and extrinsic factors to measure overall job satisfaction. While there is little overall difference between either group of workers, freelancers do report greater satisfaction in certain areas, especially those relating to worker autonomy and freedom. The article argues that these results demonstrate how freelancers use adaptive strategies to react to temporary or per diem labor patterns in American news. By complicating the assumptions about freelancing, this article offers a more realistic perspective about the desires of the workers and the jobs which they perform

Autonomy · Business · Economics · Job satisfaction · Management · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Sass · Staffing · Workforce · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Marketing