Happiness in Journalism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvValérie Bélair-Gagnon,Avery E. Holton,Mark Deuze,Claudia Mellado

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This book examines how journalism can overcome harmful institutional issues such as work-related trauma and precarity, focusing specifically on questions of what happiness in journalism means, and how one can be successful and happy on the job.Acknowledging profound variations across people, genres of journalism, countries, types of news organizations, and methodologies, this book brings together an array of international perspectives from academia and practice. It suggests that there is much that can be done to improve journalists’ subjective well-being, despite there being no one-size-fits-all solution. It advocates for a shift in mindset as much in theoretical as in methodological approaches, moving away from a focus on platforms and adaptation to pay real attention to the human beings at the center of the industry. That shift in mindset and approach involves exploring what happiness is, how happiness manifests in journalism and media industries, and what future we can imagine that would be better for the profession. Happiness is conceptualized from both psychological and philosophical perspectives. Issues such as trauma, harassment, inequality, digital security, and mental health are considered alongside those such as precarity, recruitment, emotional literacy, intelligence, resilience, and self-efficacy. Authors point to norms, values and ethics in their regions and suggest best practices based on their experience.Constituting a first-of-its-kind study and guide, Happiness in Journalism is recommended reading for journalists, educators, and advanced students interested in topics relating to journalists’ mental health and emotion, media management, and workplace well-being.This book is accompanied by an online platform which supports videos, exercises, reports and links to useful further reading.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-11-14
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032428550

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Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an Associate Professor for the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA.Avery E. Holton is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, University of Utah, USA.Mark Deuze is a Professor for the Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Claudia Mellado is a Professor for the School of Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

1 Fostering a Culture of Well-Being in Journalism Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, and Claudia MelladoPART I: JOURNALISTS, JOY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 2 Journalists Considering an ExitJana Rick3 The Joy in Journalism Richard Stupart4 Finding Joy as Journalists: Motivations for Newswork Gregory P. Perreault5 What Psychology Can Offer in Understanding Journalists’ Well-Being Jennifer M. Ragsdale and Elana Newman6 Building Resilience Through Trauma Literacy in J-Schools Lada Trifonova Price and Ola OgunyemiPART II: IN SUPPORT OF JOURNALISM WELL-BEING 7 Recruitment and Retention Practices in a Changing African News Media Ecosystem Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Trust Matsilele8 Developing Psychological Capital to Support Journalists’ Well-Being Maja Šimunjak9 How Newsroom Social Media Policies Can Improve Journalists’ Well-Being Logan Molyneux and Jacob L. Nelson10 Supporting Digital Job Satisfaction in Online Media Unions’ Contracts Errol Salamon11 Establishing Individual, Organizational and Collective Practices for Journalists’ Well-Being through Disconnection Diana Bossio12 Championing a Security-Sensitive MindsetJennifer R. Henrichsen13 Job Control and Subjective Well-Being in News Work Víctor Hugo ReynaPART III: STEPS AND PRACTICES TOWARD HAPPINESS14 Cognitive Dissonance in Journalistic Trauma Danielle Deavours15 Safer Vox Pops and Door Knocking Kelsey Mesmer16 Teaching Student Journalists to Refill their Happiness Tanks Alexandra Wake and Erin Smith17 Self-Employment in the News Industry Sarah Van Leuven and Hanne Vandenberghe18 Workplace Happiness, Journalism and COVID-19 in South Asia Achala Abeykoon, Archana Kumari, Mohammad Sahid Ullah, Pallavi Majumdar, Sajjad Ali, Mou Mukherjee Das, Santosh Kumar Biswal, M. C. Rasmin, Shilpa Kalyan, Mohd Shahid, and Mamunor Rashid 19 Engaged Journalism and Professional Happiness Lambrini Papadopoulou and Eugenia SiaperaPART IV: ESSAYS 20 Has Journalism Forgotten the Journalists? John Crowley21 Happiness in Journalism as a Public Good: Implications for Teaching and Research Herman Wasserman22 News, Negativity, and the Audience’s Role in Finding Happiness in Journalism Seth C. Lewis