| This
paper explores the role gender plays in the dynamics of media
production in two Caribbean countries. It aims to analyse “cultural
interpretations of everyday work” in newsroom work in
which relations are structured according to often implicit notions
of what is "feminine" or "masculine".
In analysing influences on newsroom production in media organisations,
at least three factors or variables can be seen as crucial:
gender, professionalism and organisational influences.
In my research I aim to further explore the concepts gender,
organizational and professional identity and -identification.
My study consist of twenty in-depth interviews with female
and male journalists working in newsrooms in Caribbean media
(Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago) and a qualitative analysis
of this material.
The interpretation of the findings focused on recognizing
indications for identities at work: the shifting of identifications;
the preference for certain identities; the rejection of others;
denying, asserting, ignoring identities … |
