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A labour market without boundaries? Integration paths for young journalists in French-speaking Belgium
Un marché du travail sans frontières? L’insertion professionnelle des jeunes journalistes de Belgique francophone
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Abstract This study aims to describe the growing influence of flexibility rationales on the early careers of young, francophone Belgian journalists. The study on the integration of new journalists enables us to grasp how the destandardisation of the beginnings of a career creates new identity forms in part d... view more
This study aims to describe the growing influence of flexibility rationales on the early careers of young, francophone Belgian journalists. The study on the integration of new journalists enables us to grasp how the destandardisation of the beginnings of a career creates new identity forms in part distanced from the traditional values that had managed to make journalism a job that was distinct, recognised and more or less solidly positioned in the social sphere. At its most extreme, flexible rationale acts as a key factor in the increasingly frequent divide between a job and work. After having established these observations through a longitudinal study of a body of young journalists, the study analyses the impact of flexible rationales in the identity forms and the theoretical issue of boundaries between journalism and others business sectors.... view less
Keywords
occupational situation; job history; journalism; Belgian; journalist; career; labor market; discourse analysis; flexibility
Classification
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Free Keywords
career paths, young journalists, labour market
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 99-117
Journal
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 11 (2018) 1
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed