Editorial Convergence and Working Conditions in German News Journalism

Dr. Michael Sengl B.A.

doi:10.5771/9783748965176

Summary

Digitalization and economic pressure pose fundamental challenges for journalism. Against this backdrop, Michael Sengl's dissertation provides a first comprehensive insight into German journalists’ working conditions. Based on interviews with 19 editorial managers and a survey of 232 journalists, the author connects editorial convergence and working conditions. He reveals the impact of changing structures, roles, and workflow on editorial performance: The author argues that carefully considering journalists’ working conditions is a key factor for quality and success in journalism.

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3486-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6517-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Aktuell. Studien zum Journalismus
Volume: 26
Language: English
Pages: 634
Product type: Book Titles

1. Acknowledgements No access
2. Abstract No access
1 Introduction No access Pages 21 - 30
1. 2.1 Structuration Theory No access
2. 1. 1. 2.2.1.1 Subsystemic Orientation Horizons No access
    2. 2.2.1.2 Institutional Orders No access
    3. 2.2.1.3 Actors and Actor Constellations No access
    4. 2.2.1.4 Recursive Regulation and Structuration No access
    5. 2.2.1.5 Co-Orientation of Journalistic and Media Organizations No access
    6. 2.2.1.6 Organizational Structures and Processes No access
    7. 2.2.1.7 Programs as Institutional Orders No access
    8. 2.2.1.8 Organizational Communication No access
    9. 2.2.1.9 Summary No access
  2. 1. 2.2.2.1 Journalistic Organization No access
    2. 2.2.2.2 Media Organization No access
    3. 2.2.2.3 Co-Orientation of Journalism and Media No access
    4. 2.2.2.4 Media Management and Editorial Management No access
  3. 2.2.3 Critical Discussion No access
1. 1. 3.1.1 German Media System No access
  2. 3.1.2 Editorial Departments No access
  3. 3.1.3 Publishers No access
  4. 3.1.4 Distribution No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 Economic Situation No access
  2. 3.2.2 Market Concentration No access
  3. 3.2.3 Economization and New Business Models No access
3. 3.3 Changing Demographics No access
4. 1. 3.4.1 Audience No access
  2. 1. 3.4.2.1 Trust in Journalism No access
    2. 3.4.2.2 Differentiation of Trust From Similar Concepts No access
    3. 3.4.2.3 Trust in German Journalism No access
5. 1. 3.5.1 Content Management System No access
  2. 3.5.2 Audience Metrics No access
  3. 3.5.3 Artificial Intelligence No access
  4. 3.5.4 Digital Intermediaries No access
  5. 3.5.5 Audience Participation No access
6. 1. 1. 3.6.1.1 Historical Development of the German Newsroom No access
    2. 3.6.1.2 Changing Editorial Departments No access
  2. 1. 3.6.2.1 Individual Influence No access
    2. 3.6.2.2 Influence of Routines No access
    3. 3.6.2.3 Organizational Influence No access
    4. 3.6.2.4 Institutional Influence No access
    5. 3.6.2.5 Systemic Influence No access
    6. 3.6.2.6 Journalists’ Perception of Autonomy No access
  3. 1. 3.6.3.1 Change Management No access
    2. 1. 3.6.3.2.1 Vision No access
      2. 3.6.3.2.2 Leadership No access
      3. 3.6.3.2.3 Project Management No access
      4. 3.6.3.2.4 Consultation No access
      5. 3.6.3.2.5 Communication No access
      6. 3.6.3.2.6 Participation No access
      7. 3.6.3.2.7 (Re-)Education No access
      8. 3.6.3.2.8 Integration No access
      9. 3.6.3.2.9 Evolution No access
    3. 3.6.3.3 Journalistic Innovation No access
7. 1. 3.7.1 Journalistic Genres No access
  2. 3.7.2 Content Innovation No access
  3. 3.7.3 Crossmedia Publishing and Journalistic Quality No access
8. 1. 3.8.1 Conceptualizing Journalistic Competencies No access
  2. 3.8.2 Evolving Areas of Journalistic Competencies No access
  3. 3.8.3 Recruitment as a Challenge No access
9. 1. 1. 3.9.1.1 Journalistic Role Conceptions in Germany No access
    2. 3.9.1.2 Role Conflicts No access
  2. 3.9.2 Clashes of Journalistic Cultures in the Newsroom No access
10. 3.10 Conceptualizing Editorial Convergence No access
1. 4.1 Engineering Approach No access
2. 4.2 Physiological Approach No access
3. 1. 4.3.1 Person-Environment-Fit Model No access
  2. 4.3.2 Demand-Control(-Support) Model No access
  3. 4.3.3 Effort-Reward-Imbalance Model No access
  4. 4.3.4 Transactional Model of Stress and Coping No access
  5. 4.3.5 Role of Personality Traits and Sociodemographics No access
4. 1. 4.4.1 Physical Stressors No access
  2. 4.4.2 Psychosocial Stressors No access
  3. 4.4.3 Multiple Stressors No access
  4. 4.4.4 Physical and Physiological Strain No access
  5. 4.4.5 Psychological Strain No access
  6. 4.4.6 Behavioral Strain No access
  7. 4.4.7 Organizational Effects No access
1. 5.1 Demands at Work No access
2. 5.2 Work Organization and Job Contents No access
3. 5.3 Interpersonal Relations and Leadership No access
4. 5.4 Work-Individual Interface No access
5. 5.5 Social Capital No access
6. 5.6 Health and Well-Being No access
7. 5.7 Physical Demands No access
1. 6.1 Editorial Convergence No access
2. 6.2 Working Conditions No access
3. 6.3 Editorial Convergence and Working Conditions No access
1. 1. 7.1.1 Interview Guideline No access
  2. 7.1.2 Pretest No access
2. 1. 7.2.1 Measuring Working Conditions No access
  2. 1. 1. 7.2.2.1.1 International COPSOQ Development No access
      2. 7.2.2.1.2 COPSOQ III as the Latest Iteration No access
      3. 7.2.2.1.3 COPSOQ in Germany No access
    2. 7.2.2.2 Reasons for Choosing COPSOQ No access
  3. 7.2.3 Resulting Questionnaire No access
  4. 7.2.4 Pretest No access
3. 7.3 Mixed Methods Approach No access
1. 8.1 Sampling of Editorial Departments for the Qualitative Interviews No access
2. 8.2 Sampling of Journalists for the Quantitative Survey No access
1. 9.1 Data Collection for the Qualitative Interviews No access
2. 9.2 Data Collection for the Quantitative Survey No access
1. 10.1 Qualitative Content Analysis of the Interviews on the State of Editorial Convergence No access
2. 10.2 Intercoder and Intracoder Agreement Test No access
3. 10.3 Translation as a Challenge for Multi-Lingual Research No access
4. 10.4 Quantitative Survey on Working Conditions No access
5. 1. 10.5.1 Physical Workplace No access
  2. 10.5.2 Flexibility No access
  3. 10.5.3 Newsroom Organization No access
  4. 10.5.4 Workflows No access
  5. 10.5.5 Audience Participation No access
  6. 10.5.6 Technology No access
  7. 10.5.7 Change Management No access
  8. 10.5.8 Market Situation No access
6. 10.6 Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Agreement Test No access
1. 1. 1. 1. 11.1.1.1.1 Role of a Central Newsroom No access
      2. 11.1.1.1.2 Employees in the Newsroom No access
      3. 11.1.1.1.3 Noise and Other Physical Hazards No access
      4. 11.1.1.1.4 Conclusion No access
    2. 1. 11.1.1.2.1 Mobile Work No access
      2. 11.1.1.2.2 Working Time Flexibility No access
      3. 11.1.1.2.3 Conclusion No access
    3. 1. 11.1.1.3.1 Sections No access
      2. 11.1.1.3.2 Topic Management No access
      3. 11.1.1.3.3 Departments and Platforms No access
      4. 11.1.1.3.4 Redakteurs, Reporters, Editors No access
      5. 11.1.1.3.5 Teamwork No access
      6. 11.1.1.3.6 Origins of Change No access
      7. 11.1.1.3.7 Conclusion No access
    4. 1. 11.1.1.4.1 Platforms and Topics No access
      2. 11.1.1.4.2 Publication Order No access
      3. 11.1.1.4.3 Conclusion No access
    5. 11.1.1.5 Audience Participation No access
    6. 1. 11.1.1.6.1 Editorial System No access
      2. 11.1.1.6.2 Other Software No access
      3. 11.1.1.6.3 Artificial Intelligence No access
      4. 11.1.1.6.4 Audience Metrics No access
      5. 11.1.1.6.5 Conclusion No access
    7. 1. 11.1.1.7.1 Vision No access
      2. 11.1.1.7.2 Leadership, Project Management, and Consultation No access
      3. 11.1.1.7.3 Communication No access
      4. 11.1.1.7.4 Participation No access
      5. 11.1.1.7.5 Professional Training No access
      6. 11.1.1.7.6 Conflicts No access
      7. 11.1.1.7.7 (R)Evolution No access
      8. 11.1.1.7.8 Conclusion No access
    8. 1. 11.1.1.8.1 Business Model No access
      2. 11.1.1.8.2 Staff No access
      3. 11.1.1.8.3 Editorial Department and Publisher No access
      4. 11.1.1.8.4 Centralized Editorial Departments No access
      5. 11.1.1.8.5 Conclusion No access
  2. 11.1.2 Summary: State of Editorial Convergence No access
  3. 1. 11.1.3.1 Physical Workplace No access
    2. 11.1.3.2 Flexibility No access
    3. 11.1.3.3 Newsroom Organization No access
    4. 11.1.3.4 Workflows No access
    5. 11.1.3.5 Audience Participation No access
    6. 11.1.3.6 Technology No access
    7. 11.1.3.7 Change Management No access
    8. 11.1.3.8 Market Situation No access
2. 1. 11.2.1 Description of the Sample No access
  2. 1. 11.2.2.1 Demands at Work No access
    2. 11.2.2.2 Work Organization and Job Contents No access
    3. 11.2.2.3 Interpersonal Relations and Leadership No access
    4. 11.2.2.4 Work-Individual Interface No access
    5. 11.2.2.5 Social Capital No access
    6. 11.2.2.6 Health and Well-Being No access
    7. 11.2.2.7 Physical Demands No access
  3. 11.2.3 Working Conditions in Context No access
  4. 11.2.4 Summary: Working Conditions No access
3. 1. 11.3.1 Demands at Work No access
  2. 11.3.2 Work Organization and Job Contents No access
  3. 11.3.3 Interpersonal Relations and Leadership No access
  4. 11.3.4 Work-Individual Interface No access
  5. 11.3.5 Social Capital No access
  6. 11.3.6 Health and Well-Being No access
  7. 11.3.7 Physical Demands No access
  8. 11.3.8 Summary: Editorial Convergence and Working Conditions on German News Journalism No access
  9. 1. 11.3.9.1 Salary Satisfaction No access
    2. 11.3.9.2 Mobile Work Satisfaction No access
    3. 11.3.9.3 Change Perceptions No access
1. 1. 12.1.1 Editorial Convergence No access
  2. 12.1.2 Working Conditions No access
  3. 12.1.3 Editorial Convergence and Working Conditions No access
2. 1. 12.2.1 Practical Implications No access
  2. 12.2.2 Theoretical Implications No access
3. 12.3 Limitations No access
4. 12.4 Future Research No access
13 Conclusion No access Pages 575 - 578
14 References No access Pages 579 - 634