Portrait du journalisme à la pige à l’heure de la convergence
This research explores the independent journalism in the contemporary context of socio-technological and media convergences. Here I question the existence of a connection between freelance and convergence practices in journalism, and its contribution to the development of the journalistic world. This is an exploratory and empirical study, focused on freelancers’ experiences and developed around the concepts of tactics, resistance, freedom and governance. I have thus formulated a theoretical framework, supported by Michel Foucault’s accounts related to power. I argue that freelancing and convergence are free movements, co-existing and forming a driving force for the institution of power represented by journalism in advanced democracies. In this current context of convergences, this freedom allows freelancers to challenge the limits of journalism, hence increasing the scope of applications within this greater realm of mass communication.
Journalism Freelancing Media convergence Freedom Governance