Informality of Media Freelancers in Indonesia

Motives and Prospects

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21605799
AutoresJandy Luik (0000-0003-2521-012X, Petra Christian University, autor correspondente), Agusly Irawan Aritonang (Petra Christian University)
Ano2022
Volume17
Fascículo3
Páginas288-302
Data de publicação2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Creative Communications (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0973-2586 • E-ISSN: 0973-2594
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09732586211050332
OpenAlexW3208734273
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas28

This article presents our analysis of the nature of informality of media freelancers and its implications to creative workers. Employing a series of 15 interviews, we offer an interpretive understanding through the subjective experience of the Indonesian media freelancers. Accordingly, we analyse the participants’ responses in four dimensions of informality: personal, professional, technological and social. This analysis brings up a discussion about the flexibility, challenges and opportunities of working as a media freelancer. Specifically, three themes emerged from our discussion: motivations of doing freelance, managing ‘uncertainty’ through creativity and self-management, and the importance of social–technological infrastructure. Considering the demographic bonus in Indonesia, we suggest a future research agenda towards the potentials of informality of media freelancers. This future direction would shed light on whether the informality, on the one hand, can lead to the casualization of work, or, on the other hand, can lead to the idea of flexibility and self-management of media freelancers

Business · Creativity · Economics · Indonesian · Management · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology · Marketing