Digital disruption or union neutralization? A diachronic history of tensions between the figures of the professional and the worker in the history of a Canadian newspaper [r-libre/3442]

Lamoureux, Samuel (2025). Digital disruption or union neutralization? A diachronic history of tensions between the figures of the professional and the worker in the history of a Canadian newspaper. In Tofalvy, Tamas, & Vobič, Igor (Ed.), Histories of Digital Journalism. The Interplay of Technology, Society and Culture (p. 106-118). New York : Routledge, coll. « Routledge Research in Journalism ». ISBN 9781032795072 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003492436

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Refereed:	Yes
Status:	Published
Abstract:	In this chapter, I propose a genealogy of the tensions between the figures of the professional and the worker in the history of journalistic labor in Canada. By examining the case of the newspaper Le Devoir in Quebec (Canada), I first look back at the historical tensions between the typographers’ pressroom and the journalists’ newsroom. In the mid-20th century, a porous line separated manual workers from journalists with relative autonomy in newsrooms. However, digital transformation since the 1990s has brought major changes. The pressroom has been computerized, and journalists have been forced to accept the rhetoric of permanent innovation. In the end, it is now journalists who do repetitive, alienating work. A class recomposition is at the heart of this mutation.
Official URL:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...
Depositor:	Lamoureux, Samuel
Owner / Manager:	Samuel Lamoureux
Deposited:	01 Nov 2024 18:28
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 18:28

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