24. Good Work Bad Work
good
wages/workinghou
rs
workplace/creative
autonomy
interest,
involvement
sociality
self-esteem
self-realization
work-life balance
security
product excellence
product contributing
to the common
good
poor wages/working
hours
powerlessness
boredom
isolation
shame
frustrated
development
overwork
risk
low-quality products
products do not
contribute to
well-being of
others
what is good work in media work? table from: David Hesmondhalgh & Sarah Baker, “Creative Labour” (2011: 39)
Context MMW MICRO: All of these trends take us away from [the traditional cultural industries] value chain towards a more flexible, overlapping set of skills and competences, shared across and between enterprises and individuals (Chris Bilton)