Cyber Journalism: Journal writing’s digitizing, Neo routines and Job stress

  • Mariana Loreta Magallanes Udovicich CIECS-UE CONICET, Argentina Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
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Keywords: Journal digitalization, work systems, labor negotiations, production process.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the institutional and professional reorganization of Diagonales Journal’s newsroom, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in its digitization context since December 2011. Based on deep interviews done to employees and former employees, this paper retrieves the professional experience of Cyber Journalism as part of emerging work routines. At the same time this article aims to approach the personal consequences that these processes have caused to the professionals involved. In this context, we recover some factors that, according to the interviews, have been identified as newsroom's routine stressors during the transition to digital edition.

Author Biography

Mariana Loreta Magallanes Udovicich, CIECS-UE CONICET, Argentina Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
Licenciada en Comunicación Social egresada de la Escuela de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, actualmente cursa el Doctorado en Comunicación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata.  Desde 2010 se desempeña como Becaria Doctoral de Conicet donde investiga acerca de la produccion y uso social de conocimientos en comunidades virtuales de profesionales. En 2012 realizó un Doctorado Sandwich de la Universidad de Coimbra (Portugal) como becaria Erasmus Mundus del Programa ARTESS.
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Published
2014-12-30
How to Cite
Magallanes Udovicich, M. L. (2014). Cyber Journalism: Journal writing’s digitizing, Neo routines and Job stress. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 11(3), 607-636. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48165