Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.22572/mi.23.2.5
A case study of newspaper delivery labour as a blind spot in the political economy of communication
Sašo Slaček Brlek
orcid.org/0000-0001-6270-3092
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Igor Vobič
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jernej Amon Prodnik
orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-6188
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sažetak
The paper analyses newspaper delivery labour by focusing on two Slovenian companies: the media company Dnevnik and the distribution company Izberi. In response to the enduring trend of declining readership, Dnevnik attempted to cut its delivery costs by transferring that activity to a rival company Izberi, a move met with resistance from deliverers adversely affected by the transfer. Using the methods of in-depth interviews and document analysis, the paper aims to identify the economic rationalisation techniques used to reduce the costs of delivery labour, discipline the workforce and respond to the newspaper deliverers’ resistance to these techniques.
Ključne riječi
newswork; newspaper delivery; management control; collective bargaining
Hrčak ID:
191627
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2017.
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