Men own television’
Why women leave media work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11267151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne O’ Brien (0000-0003-2306-1415, Kairos Communications/NUIM Maynooth, Ireland, corresponding author), Anne O’brien (0000-0003-1185-1460, Kairos Communications/NUIM Maynooth, Ireland) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1207-1218 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443714544868 |
| OpenAlex | W2103470129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 7 |
While all media workers face challenges particular to flexible specialization in a networked economy, there are differences in career outcomes for men and women, which occur as a result of gendered work cultures. Within media production these gendered contexts manifest through three main factors, which compromise women workers and can eventually cause them to exit their professions mid-career. Women leave media work because of a combination of the gendered nature of work cultures, the informalisation of the sector and structural restrictions placed on women’s agency to participate in networks. The interplay of these factors ultimately creates an impossible bind for many female media workers forcing them to exit media work
Agency (philosophy · Compromise · Face (sociological concept · Media coverage · Media Industry · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |