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Broadcasting in the 1990s

Competition, choice and inequality

Bibliographic Data

ID11268595
AuthorsValerie Antcliff (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK,, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume27
Issue6
Pages841-859
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443705057673
OpenAlexW2079191704
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited6

Restructuring of the UK television industry has resulted in a shift from secure, long-term employment to casualized, project-based working, with the period prior to restructuring typically described as one of structured careers and stable employement. The article draws on documentary evidence to suggest that, for women, it was a period of widespread discrimination and gendered occupational segregation. While legislation and equal opportunity initiatives from the mid-1970s onwards made some progress in remedying the situation, fragmentation and informal working practices were welcomed by many women as an opportunity to gain control over the organization of their working lives. Yet project-based employment has allowed individual producers discretion in the organization of work, and placed the industry at odds with theories of equal opportunities that emphasize the need for centralized policies and administration. The article concludes by drawing on a series of interviews to suggest that many issues addressed by earlier equal opportunity initiatives have re-emerged in the context of short-term contracting

Competition (biology · Context (archaeology · Discretion · Legislation · Odds · Political science · Public relations · Restructuring · Sociology · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Law

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0,63
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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