Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era
Despite a long-standing trend of increasing women in the profession, masculine norms and gender inequality persist in media work. During the #metoo movement, Swedish journalists launched the #deadline campaign, shedding light on the connection between gender and worsening working conditions. Increas...
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| description | Despite a long-standing trend of increasing women in the profession, masculine norms and gender inequality persist in media work. During the #metoo movement, Swedish journalists launched the #deadline campaign, shedding light on the connection between gender and worsening working conditions. Increasing demands for flexibility have institutionalised temporary contracts, eroded job security, and expanded job precarity, with women and young journalists disproportionately affected. In this article, we explore gendered journalistic precarity and systemic inequalities, challenging the assumption of professional homogeneity in the field of journalism. We conducted 23 interviews with Swedish journalists on temporary contracts, applying a feminist analysis to understand how power dynamics affect their experiences. Five years post #metoo, gender issues have faded from professional discourse. However, the interviews reveal continued gender discrimination and harassment, exacerbated by factors such as age, class, and position in the labour market. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45888dee637b41adabe2fbff5de938e22025-02-02T15:48:44ZengSciendoNordic Journal of Media Studies2003-184X2024-09-016120322010.2478/njms-2024-0010Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo eraMelin Margareta0Wiik Jenny1School of Arts and Communiation (K3), Malmö University, SwedenDepartment of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg,SwedenDespite a long-standing trend of increasing women in the profession, masculine norms and gender inequality persist in media work. During the #metoo movement, Swedish journalists launched the #deadline campaign, shedding light on the connection between gender and worsening working conditions. Increasing demands for flexibility have institutionalised temporary contracts, eroded job security, and expanded job precarity, with women and young journalists disproportionately affected. In this article, we explore gendered journalistic precarity and systemic inequalities, challenging the assumption of professional homogeneity in the field of journalism. We conducted 23 interviews with Swedish journalists on temporary contracts, applying a feminist analysis to understand how power dynamics affect their experiences. Five years post #metoo, gender issues have faded from professional discourse. However, the interviews reveal continued gender discrimination and harassment, exacerbated by factors such as age, class, and position in the labour market.https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2024-0010genderjournalismgendered journalismprecariousnessliquid lifepost-#metoo |
| spellingShingle | Melin Margareta Wiik Jenny Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era Nordic Journal of Media Studies gender journalism gendered journalism precariousness liquid life post-#metoo |
| title | Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era |
| title_full | Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era |
| title_fullStr | Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era |
| title_short | Living the liquid life: Gender, precarity, and journalism in the post-#metoo era |
| title_sort | living the liquid life gender precarity and journalism in the post metoo era |
| topic | gender journalism gendered journalism precariousness liquid life post-#metoo |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2024-0010 |
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