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Gränsland: erfarenheter och organisering av praktik i svenska medieföretag
Title [en]
Boarderlands: Experiences and Organising of Internships in the Swedish Media Industry
Abstract [sv]
Praktiktjänster, utbildningspraktik och volontärarbete (vad jag med ett samlingsnamn i den här texten kallar praktik) är sedan 1980-talet en etablerad del av den svenska arbetsmarknadspolitiken, det svenska utbildningsväsendet och det svenska arbetslivet generellt. Trots fenomenets utbredning saknas kunskap om hur det går till när praktik och praktikanter inlemmas i konkreta organisationer och hur det påverkar arbetssituationen där. Kunskap saknas också om erfarenheter och upplevelser av praktik från såväl praktikanter som från övriga anställda i organisationer där praktik förekommer. Detta projekt ämnar bidra med sådan ny kunskap. Det sker med hjälp av enkätstudier och etnografiska undersökningar (intervjuer och observationer). För att göra ämnet hanterbart har jag valt att fokusera på en del av det svenska arbetslivet. Det som står i centrum här är medierna, såsom t.ex. TV, radio, tidningar, internetföretag och produktionsbolag. Praktik förhandlas mellan olika intressen och aktörer, upplevs av individer och blir till genom konkreta situationer på arbetsplatser. För att förstå praktiktjänsternas dynamik krävs ingående etnografisk beskrivning och analys av det slag som detta projekt syftar till. Det innebär att ta fasta på vad som ofta har kallats för ”det saknade subjektet” i forskning om arbetsprocesser. Jag ämnar utforska de förhandlingar och relationer som görs mellan praktikens olika aktörer och som formar och formas av yrkesroller, arbetsvillkor, produktionsorganisation och makten i- och över arbetslivet. Eftersom praktiktjänster och praktikanter inte bara är ett fenomen på frammarsch, utan också kan ses som ett av de främsta exemplen på en ny ”flexibel” arbetsmarknad med förändrade villkor och yrkesroller kommer studien att bidra med centrala teoretiska insikter om det ”nya arbetslivets” förutsättningar och dynamik.
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Stiernstedt, F. & Golovko, I. (2019). Volunteering as Media Work: The Case of the Eurovision Song Contest. Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research, 11(2), 231-251
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Volunteering as Media Work: The Case of the Eurovision Song Contest
2019 (English)In: Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research, ISSN 2000-1525, E-ISSN 2000-1525, Vol. 11, no 2, p. 231-251Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article explores volunteering in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which took place in Stockholm in 2016 and in Kyiv in 2017, with the aim of shedding light on volunteering as a form of “media work”. Following from this, the article aims to problematize the theoretical concept of free labour and analyse the symbolic exchanges and currencies involved in employing a “free” labour force. Through interviews with volunteers, this article explores what volunteers at huge media events do, how their work is organized, and what motivates them. The empirical basis for this article is an interview study with volunteers and volunteer organizers of the ESC in Stockholm (May 2016) and in Kyiv (May 2017), complemented with a document analysis of volunteer guidebooks and organizational reports. The article shows that eventfulness is an essential part of what volunteer labour brings to an event such as the ESC. It is also a key element in the production of economic value: eventfulness is a currency that expresses the value of the event itself and is a key feature of place branding. Furthermore, eventfulness – along with the feeling of being a part of an event, of something bigger, as it unfolds in time – is a key feature of the motivation for the volunteers who contribute with unpaid labour. As such, eventfulness can also be understood as a form of currency or symbolic capital that forms the main remuneration or “wage” earned by volunteers at an event such as the ESC.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping University Electronic Press, 2019
Keywords
media work; volunteering; free labour; Eurovision Song Contest
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-39046 (URN)10.3384/cu.2000.1525.19112231 (DOI)2-s2.0-85072707407 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2014-00784
Available from: 2019-09-25 Created: 2019-09-25 Last updated: 2020-12-08Bibliographically approved
Stiernstedt, F. (2017). Labor market policy and media work in Sweden. Medijska Istrazivanja, 23(2), 133-153
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Labor market policy and media work in Sweden
2017 (English)In: Medijska Istrazivanja, ISSN 1330-6928, E-ISSN 1846-6605, Vol. 23, no 2, p. 133-153Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this article is to analyze some recent changes in labor market policy and labor law in order to show how changes in this kind of regulation have had consequences for work in the media industries. Even though a considerable amount of research has been performed on media work during the last decade, it is quite uncommon within critical media studies to relate such research to policy and regulation. The point I want to make with this article is that the increasing precariousness and de-professionalization that are occurring within media work, as documented in previous research, must be understood against a background of policy change and political decisions, rather than only being seen as an effect of economic or technological shifts within the media industry. This article hence contributes to the current knowledge of the relationship between labor market policy and the media industry in Sweden; as such, it more generally contributes to the current knowledge of such a relationship in a Nordic welfare state, with all its specifi cities and differences from other parts of Europe and the world. Nevertheless, the results and discussions in this article are related – and relevant – to more general European tendencies in the area of labor market policy as it relates to the media.

Abstract [hr]

Cilj ovog rada je analizirati neke nedavne promjene u politici tržišta rada i radnog prava kako bi se pokazalo kako su promjene te vrste regulative imale posljedice za rad u medijskim industrijama. Iako je tijekom posljednjeg desetljeća proveden značajni broj istraživanja o medijskom radu, prilično je neuobičajeno u kritičnim medijskim studijama povezati takvo istraživanje s politikom i regulacijom. Ono što želim naglasiti ovim člankom jest da se povećani prekarni rad i deprofesionalizacija koja se događa unutar medijskog rada, kao što je dokumentirano u ranijem istraživanju, moraju razumijevati u skladu s politič- kim promjenama i političkim odlukama, a ne da se na njih gleda samo kao na ekonomske ili tehnološke pomake unutar medijske industrije. Ovaj rad stoga doprinosi trenutnom znanju o odnosima između politike tržišta rada i medijske industrije u Švedskoj te kao takav doprinosi trenutnom znanju o tim odnosima u nordijskoj socijalnoj državi, sa svim svojim posebnostima i razlikama od drugih dijelova Europe i svijeta. Međutim, rezultati i rasprava u ovom članku povezani su i općenito važni za europska nastojanja u području politike tržišta rada, kao i medija.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Zagreb, 2017
Keywords
media work;media production;labor market policy;unpaid labor;free labor;internships
National Category
Media Studies
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34336 (URN)2-s2.0-85043360817 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2014-00784
Available from: 2018-01-23 Created: 2018-01-23 Last updated: 2023-09-01Bibliographically approved
Tosoni, S. & Stiernstedt, F. (2016). Media ethnography for busy People: Introducing students to the ethnographic approach in media-related syllabi. In: Leif Kramp, Nico Carpentier, Andreas Hepp, Richard Kilborn, Risto Kunelius, Hannu Nieminen, Tobias Olsson, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža and Simone Tosoni (Ed.), Politics, Civil Society and Participation: Media and Communications in a Transforming Environment (pp. 337-347). Bremen: edition lumière
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Media ethnography for busy People: Introducing students to the ethnographic approach in media-related syllabi
2016 (English)In: Politics, Civil Society and Participation: Media and Communications in a Transforming Environment / [ed] Leif Kramp, Nico Carpentier, Andreas Hepp, Richard Kilborn, Risto Kunelius, Hannu Nieminen, Tobias Olsson, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža and Simone Tosoni, Bremen: edition lumière, 2016, p. 337-347Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Teaching the ethnographic approach is a challenging effort in higher education due to the increasing time constraints that characterize current academia. A debate about how to teach ethnography is therefore particularly urgent. As a contribution to foster this debate, this article presents and discusses a practical exercise, first tested at the SuSo 2015 Summer School. The method is based on taking pictures of media practices, texts and technologies in public spaces. The mediation of the camera allows students to engage with the field and to experiment with the ‘denaturalizing’ vision that generally characterizes eth-nographic approaches to media use and consumption. This reflexive stance is further fostered by a classroom discussion on the practice of observation and on the materials produced. In this way, the exercise aims at an acceptable com-promise between the reduced time available for teaching and the advantages of allowing students to personally experience the practicalities of method

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bremen: edition lumière, 2016
Series
Researching and Teaching Communication Book Series, ISSN 1736-3918, E-ISSN 1736-4752 ; 11
Keywords
pedagogy, media ethnography, visual ethnography, photography, denaturalization
National Category
Media and Communications
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31090 (URN)978-3-943245-54-7 (ISBN)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2014-00784
Available from: 2016-11-07 Created: 2016-11-07 Last updated: 2023-09-01Bibliographically approved
Principal InvestigatorStiernstedt, Fredrik
Coordinating organisation
Södertörn University
Funder
Period
2015-01-01 - 2017-12-31
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:1845Project, id: 2014-00784_Forte

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