New Media Unions : Organizing Digital Journalists Hardback
by Nicole S. Cohen, Greig de Peuter
Part of the Disruptions series
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Investigating the wave of unionization that has seen over 60 digital and legacy media outlets unionize since 2015, this book explores how a flash of organizing by digital-first journalists has become a full-blown movement to unionize journalism, particularly in the United States. Through in-depth interviews with journalists and organizers, New Media Unions maps the process of labor organizing, foregrounding journalists’ voices and documenting a historic and ongoing moment in the digital media industry.
Cohen and de Peuter examine what motivates union drives, then follow journalists through the making of a union from scratch.
They explore how journalists strategically self-organize, apply their communication skills to alternative ends, generate affective bonds of solidarity, and build power to confront anti-union campaigns and bargain first contracts, winning significant gains and drafting a new labor code for journalism in a digital age.
This book demonstrates that if journalism is to have a future, it must be organized.
New Media Unions provides a counter-perspective on an industry in flux, whose protagonists—young journalists facing precarious futures—are using collective organizing to articulate a bottom-up vision for journalism’s future.
This is a valuable resource for academics and researchers interested in political economy, journalism studies, and labor studies. Book website: www.newmediaunions.com
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- Pages:118 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/03/2020
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- ISBN:9781138327115
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:118 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/03/2020
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- ISBN:9781138327115