EFFECTS OF MEDIA DIGITALIZATION ON JOURNALIST EMPLOYMENT

Authors : Melıs Bakirmekik

Pages : 32-53

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Publication Date : 2022-08-31

Article Type : Research

Abstract :With the development of technology, the uses of mass communication devices have also begun to change. Production and consumption of news have evolved, thus new duty descriptions have emerged. Especially with online journalism, the requirement to have various skills has emerged about media professionals who will work in this area. Besides traditionalist qualities that conventional media workers have, some qualifications that are brought by digitalization have been made obligatory for them and this has lead to the danger of employment loss. The aim of this research is especially digitalization and the changes that take place in the media connected to problems of employment for journalists. In this context, in addition to the employment areas in the conventional media, new employment areas that emerged with the digitalization of the media were examined. In addition to the additional employment area of media digitalization, the emerging disadvantages were also examined, and the positive and negative aspects of media digitalization were compared. In the study, it was concluded that despite the new employment areas, media digitalization has the potential to have negative consequences for journalism and the workforce of journalists.
Keywords : Digital Media, New Media, Journalist, Employment, Unemployment