Adverse psychosocial working conditions and subjective health in freelance media workers

Ertel, Michael; Pech, Eberhard; Ullsperger, Peter; Knesebeck, Olaf von dem; Siegrist, Johannes

doi:10.1080/02678370500307289

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“…Financing is scarce, competition fierce, and costs can be high. Stress levels among workers in the media industry are high, among those more or less securely employed just as much as among independents (Ertel et al 2005;Reinardy 2011). Diversification and cross-subsidizing editorial practice seem key to survival; the extent to which this contributes to a potential compromising of journalistic standards and values remains to be seen.…”

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Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Wagemans

Witschge²,

Deuze

2016

Journalism Practice

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The emergence of a startup culture in the field of journalism is global: since the early years of the twenty-first century, new independent journalism companies have formed around the world. Although setting up one's own journalistic practice is not particularly novel in the news industry, the last couple of years have witnessed exponential growth in the startup space. In this context we chose to look more closely at one of the more successful recent online news startups: the French site Mediapart. We were interested in the factors involved in creating and running a journalism startup, and how the professionals involved give meaning to what they do in the fast-changing journalism field. We found that, although one of the main unique selling points of the journalism professed at Mediapart is that it challenges and provides an alternative to mainstream French press, at the heart of it is a strong traditional journalism ideology. While Mediapart has in many ways challenged and inspired the ways in which other French news organizations operate, it does not challenge our understanding of journalism, but rather reinforces a traditional and homogenous definition.

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Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Wagemans

Witschge²,

Deuze

2016

Journalism Practice

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“…In general, the radio journalists functioned better at work in comparison with other occupational groups. We compared the results of the radio journalists with general results of the whole population studied with the PRS, and it occurred in organizations [9][10][11][12]. Moreover, the radio journalists who were more stressed by branch specific stressors were also less satisfied with their colleagues than those who experienced lower levels of such stressors.…”

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Relationships between occupational functioning and stress among radio journalists – Assessment by means of the psychosocial risk scale

Najder¹,

Merecz-Kot²,

Wójcik³

2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Well-known relationships between stress level, satisfaction and occupational functioning were confirmed. The most important conclusion refers to the fact that psychosocial risks and stress analysis should be based on the understanding of specificity of each occupation or even position. It is so, because the same job characteristic may pose a challenge for one person, while for another--it can result in extreme discomfort and anxiety--such an attitude broadens understanding of the phenomenon. We also confirmed that the PRS is a well-designed method, appropriate to investigate an individual perception of job environment and its stressfulness. Future research on causal relationships between the variables is recommended.

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“…wolnych strzelców (freelancerów). Firmy zastępują konwencjonalnych pracowników, podejmując współpracę z freelancerami, żeby w ten sposób radzić sobie z nieprzewidywalnością swojego funkcjonowania na rynku i minimalizować ryzyko, jakie mogą ponieść w związku z zatrudnianiem (24). Praca dziennikarza jest bardzo zróżnicowana, ma wiele specjalności, co dodatkowo komplikuje uzyskanie odpowiedzi na pytanie o problemy od jednorodnej grupy.…”

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Occupational Stress and Psychosocial Risk Among Journalists

Najder¹,

Merecz-Kot²

2014

Med Pr

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The study results evidence that occupational stress experienced by journalists determine the risk of health self-assessment, satisfaction with work organization and interpersonal relationships. The presented outcomes indicate that regardless of the experienced stress level it is necessary to assess the psychosocial risk because even an average level of stressfulness could be associated with the risk of adverse consequences for employees in terms of their job performance.

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Adverse psychosocial working conditions and subjective health in freelance media workers

Cited by 41 publications

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Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Relationships between occupational functioning and stress among radio journalists – Assessment by means of the psychosocial risk scale

Occupational Stress and Psychosocial Risk Among Journalists

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