How do anti-discriminatin policies work? Initiatives in older and younger television companies in Denmark and the UK
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Issues concerning the effectiveness of preventing gender discrimination in the workplace during the 1980s and early 1990s are examined, focusing on a study that compares practices in the UK with practices in Denmark. Topics include examination of policies in the BBC, Radio Denmark, and the role of government in preventing discrimination.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 2001
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Labour flexibility in the UK commercial television sector
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Commercial television in the United Kingdom during the 1980s to 1996 practiced a number of internal and external labor flexibility measures designed to influence the performance of the labor market. However, labor shortages and rising pay rates have developed in the companies and the television sector as a consequence of these practices.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1998
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Television production: issues of exploitation, commodification and subjectivity in UK television labour markets
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Issues discussed concern the labor market and working conditions for freelance employees in the television production industry in the UK. Topics addressed include labor relations, postmodernism, and the role of television workers in the commodification process.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 2000
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