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The Rocky Road towards Professional Autonomy : The Estonian Journalists’ Organization in the Political Turmoil of the 20th Century
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PolitikEstoniaBaltic Statestoimittajat (media)media_common.quotation_subjectjournalismhistoriaMedia Politics Information Politics Media LawMedienpolitik Informationspolitik Medienrechtddc:070lcsh:Communication. Mass mediaPoliticsState (polity)politiikkajournalistsPolitical scienceBasic Research General Concepts and History of the Science of CommunicationJournalismusTrade unionprofessional autonomyEstlandautonomyta518media_commonNews media journalism publishingCommunicationhistorische EntwicklungMedia studies10800AutonomieEstonianlcsh:P87-96language.human_languagehistorical developmentBaltikumEstonian Journalists’ OrganizationlanguageProfessional associationJournalismIdeologyPublizistische Medien JournalismusVerlagswesenAllgemeines spezielle Theorien und Schulen Methoden Entwicklung und Geschichte der KommunikationswissenschaftenhistorypoliticsAutonomydescription
This article attempts to explain the relationships between journalists, politics and the state from the perspective of collective autonomy, that of the professional organization of journalists. The case of Estonian Journalists’ Union demonstrates the complexity and historical contingency of professional autonomy of journalism. The development of the Estonian journalists’ organization occurred as a sequence of transformations from the Estonian Journalists’ Association to the Estonian Journalists’ Union to the Soviet type journalists’ union, and lastly to an independent trade union. This sequence was disrupted by several fatal breakdowns that changed not only the character of the association, but also professional values, the whole occupational ideology and the conditions of the existence of journalism as a profession in Estonia.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | Media and Communication |