Gender, Risk and Journalism

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ID20076637
AuthorsJanet Harris (0000-0002-9752-0090), Nick Mosdell, James E Griffiths (0000-0002-9570-1568), James Griffiths (0000-0002-6769-8998)
Year2020
Pages239-253
Publication date2020-04-28
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueFuture of Journalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429462030-24
OpenAlexW4242377523
ISBN9780429462030
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Ulrich Beck states “risk is the anticipation of the catastrophe—so it is existent and non-existent”. The increasing danger to all journalists is a feature of similar surveys focused on journalistic work in the theatre of war. The problems of the newspaper industry, the new digital economy, the changing nature of the job market and the drive to freelance work have forced many more journalists out of staff jobs. A significant concern of the survey was to explore what, if any, advantages or disadvantages journalists thought there were in being a female journalist and asked respondents to elaborate on why they thought it might be an advantage to be female, and why it might be an advantage to be a male. The dominance of journalists who class themselves as freelance might be a reflection of the changing nature of journalism

Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology

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