This book investigates journalists- work practices, professional ideologies, and the power relations that impact their work, arguing that reporters- lives and livelihoods are shaped by digital technologies and new modes of capital accumulation.
Tai Neilson weaves together ethnographic approaches and critical theories of digital labor. Journalists- experiences are at the heart of the book, which is based on interviews with news workers from Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States. The book also adopts a critical approach to the political economy of news across global and local contexts, digital start-ups, legacy media, nonprofits, and public service organizations. Each chapter features key debates illustrated by journalists- personal narratives.
This book will be of great interest to researchers and students of journalism, media and communication, cultural studies, and the sociology of work.
