Essays about: "Job Precarity"

Found 1 essay containing the words Job Precarity.

  1. 1. Precarity and Asymmetries in Media Production: How Freelancers Experience their Working Conditions as Users of Coworking Spaces

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Laurie Heise; [2018]
    Keywords : Freelancing; Media Production Industry; Coworking Spaces; Asymmetrical Power Relations; Job Precarity;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis investigates how freelancers experience job precarity and asymmetrical power relations which have been established within the media production industry as well as the relevance and value of coworking spaces providing a workspace with the possibilities of knowledge sharing, networking and community building, as a framework in order to challenge their precarious working conditions. Furthermore, the research aims at examining the participants’ experiences in a qualitative manner to explore those rather new concepts of freelancing and coworking spaces as previous research has failed to address the individual experiences of how freelancers deal with the nature of work in the media production industry. READ MORE