The Resource Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen
Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen
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The item Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "As media industries undergo rapid change, conditions of media work are shifting. The number of journalists working as freelancers globally has exploded. While popular commentary positions freelancers as ideal workers for an information age--adaptable, multiskilled, and entrepreneurial--Nicole S. Cohen argues that freelance media work is becoming increasingly precarious, marked by declining incomes, loss of control over one's work, intense workloads, long hours, and limited access to labour and social protections. Like growing numbers of workers in the media, cultural, and entertainment sectors, freelance journalists are experiencing deepening precarity. The book provides context to the freelance struggles bubbling up as we barrel toward journalism's digital future, and identifies points of contention and movements toward change. Through interviews and a survey of freelancers, Cohen highlights the paradoxes of freelancing, which can be simultaneously precarious and satisfying, risky and rewarding. The book documents the transformation of freelancing from a way for journalists to resist salaried labour in pursuit of autonomy into a strategy for media firms to intensify exploitation of freelance writers' labour power. Cohen examines pressing issues of low pay, restrictive contracts, and unpaid work, and presents four new case studies of freelancers' efforts to collectively transform their conditions. his groundbreaking work offers a timely intervention into current debates about the future of journalism, organizing workers in precarious employment, and the transformation of media work in a digital age, making clear what's at stake for journalism's democratic role when the costs and risks of its production are offloaded onto individuals."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Freedom's Double Edge: Freelance Journalism and Precarity
- 1 A Site of Struggle: Theorizing Freelance Media Work
- 2 A Labour History of Freelance Journalism
- 3 Freelancers' Dues: Wages, Contracts, Copyright
- 4 Hustle, Write, Code: The Microautonomy of Freelance Work
- 5 Work in the Content Factory: Doing Digital Journalism
- 6 Unite the Write: Freelancers and Collective Organization
- 7 Packs of Lone Wolves: Experiments in Organizing Freelancers
- Conclusion: Journalism's Precarity Penalty
- Isbn
- 9780773599765
- Label
- Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age
- Title
- Writers' rights
- Title remainder
- freelance journalism in a digital age
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicole S. Cohen
- Subject
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- Digital media
- Freelance journalism
- Freelance journalism
- Freelance journalism -- Economic aspects
- Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Online journalism
- Online journalism
- Online journalism -- Economic aspects
- Self-employed -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Self-employed -- Legal status, laws, etc
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism
- Digital media
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As media industries undergo rapid change, conditions of media work are shifting. The number of journalists working as freelancers globally has exploded. While popular commentary positions freelancers as ideal workers for an information age--adaptable, multiskilled, and entrepreneurial--Nicole S. Cohen argues that freelance media work is becoming increasingly precarious, marked by declining incomes, loss of control over one's work, intense workloads, long hours, and limited access to labour and social protections. Like growing numbers of workers in the media, cultural, and entertainment sectors, freelance journalists are experiencing deepening precarity. The book provides context to the freelance struggles bubbling up as we barrel toward journalism's digital future, and identifies points of contention and movements toward change. Through interviews and a survey of freelancers, Cohen highlights the paradoxes of freelancing, which can be simultaneously precarious and satisfying, risky and rewarding. The book documents the transformation of freelancing from a way for journalists to resist salaried labour in pursuit of autonomy into a strategy for media firms to intensify exploitation of freelance writers' labour power. Cohen examines pressing issues of low pay, restrictive contracts, and unpaid work, and presents four new case studies of freelancers' efforts to collectively transform their conditions. his groundbreaking work offers a timely intervention into current debates about the future of journalism, organizing workers in precarious employment, and the transformation of media work in a digital age, making clear what's at stake for journalism's democratic role when the costs and risks of its production are offloaded onto individuals."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cohen, Nicole S
- Dewey number
- 070
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN4731
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Journalists
- Self-employed
- Freelance journalism
- Online journalism
- Freelance journalism
- Online journalism
- Digital media
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- Self-employed
- Online journalism
- Digital media
- Freelance journalism
- Journalists
- Label
- Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Freedom's Double Edge: Freelance Journalism and Precarity -- 1 A Site of Struggle: Theorizing Freelance Media Work -- 2 A Labour History of Freelance Journalism -- 3 Freelancers' Dues: Wages, Contracts, Copyright -- 4 Hustle, Write, Code: The Microautonomy of Freelance Work -- 5 Work in the Content Factory: Doing Digital Journalism -- 6 Unite the Write: Freelancers and Collective Organization -- 7 Packs of Lone Wolves: Experiments in Organizing Freelancers -- Conclusion: Journalism's Precarity Penalty
- Control code
- 951222486
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773599765
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 001c26f0-f639-4893-92a9-3867d5395d73
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951222486
- Label
- Writers' rights : freelance journalism in a digital age, Nicole S. Cohen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Freedom's Double Edge: Freelance Journalism and Precarity -- 1 A Site of Struggle: Theorizing Freelance Media Work -- 2 A Labour History of Freelance Journalism -- 3 Freelancers' Dues: Wages, Contracts, Copyright -- 4 Hustle, Write, Code: The Microautonomy of Freelance Work -- 5 Work in the Content Factory: Doing Digital Journalism -- 6 Unite the Write: Freelancers and Collective Organization -- 7 Packs of Lone Wolves: Experiments in Organizing Freelancers -- Conclusion: Journalism's Precarity Penalty
- Control code
- 951222486
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773599765
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 001c26f0-f639-4893-92a9-3867d5395d73
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951222486
Subject
- Digital media
- Freelance journalism
- Freelance journalism
- Freelance journalism -- Economic aspects
- Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Online journalism
- Online journalism
- Online journalism -- Economic aspects
- Self-employed -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Self-employed -- Legal status, laws, etc
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism
- Digital media
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