Freelance Journalists as a Flexible Workforce in Media Industries

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ID12909210
AutoresMaria Edström (0000-0002-4129-5859, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, autor correspondente), Martina Ladendorf
Ano2012
Volume6
Fascículo5-6
Páginas711-721
Data de publicação2012-03-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2012.667275
OpenAlexW2090764425
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas41
Referências citadas26

Economic cutbacks in the media sector diminish the chances of employment for journalists, and consequently the number of atypical workers in the media industry, such as freelancers, is growing worldwide. This study of Swedish freelancers is grounded in both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data are taken from ongoing surveys conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, based on representative samples of practising journalists made in 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2005. Around 2000 journalists were included in each survey. The qualitative material consists of 13 biographical interviews with freelancers in northern Sweden. The results will be compared with international studies. The choice to work as a freelance journalist is connected to lifestyle, and the idea of "life as a project", as well as entrepreneurialism, in ways that are connected to the societal processes of individualization and "flexibilization". Keywords: entrepreneurshipflexible workforcefreelance journalistsqualitative interviewssurvey

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