Causes for concern: The state of New Zealand journalism in 2015

Autor(en)

James Hollings, Folker Hanusch, Ravi Balasubramanian, Geoffrey Lealand

Abstrakt

This survey of New Zealand journalists, completed in late 2015, shows the impact of the rapid move to a digital news environment. Journalists are more educated, but working longer hours and feeling more pressure, both ethically and resource-wise, than they were only two years ago. Technological changes are felt acutely, particularly the use of social media and user-generated content. Journalists are concerned that advertising and commercial pressures are stronger, while overall standards are weakening. This study also shows, for the first time, that women are seriously disadvantaged in pay and promotion despite making up most of the workforce. Despite these challenges, overall job satisfaction remains at similar levels to previous surveys and journalists’ own commitment to ethical standards and journalism’s fourth-estate role remains strong.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

Massey University, University of Waikato

Journal

Pacific Journalism Review

Band

22

Seiten

122-138

Anzahl der Seiten

17

ISSN

1023-9499

DOI

https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v22i2.29

Publikationsdatum

2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

508007 Kommunikationswissenschaft, 508014 Publizistik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Communication

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/f6c48d0d-a706-4156-b560-3e0a7431b90f