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Unequal pay for work of equal value

By Mark Bahnisch on August 25, 2009

The persistence, and now the widening, of the gap between men’s and women’s pay is one of the continuing scandals of Australian public life. Despite the fact that unequal pay for work of equal value has been illegal since the [...]

Posted in Activism, Feminism, Industrial Relations, Politics, Sociology, Women | Tagged equal pay, Eva Cox, Feminism, gender equity, gender gap, Industrial Relations, pay, Politics, remuneration, sociology of work, Women, workplace relations | 171 Responses

Expectations about unemployment

By Mark Bahnisch on November 17, 2008

Andrew Norton has posted on some interesting findings from Roy Morgan’s employment perceptions survey. Basically, there’s something of a disjunction – with 70% of respondents believing unemployment will rise over the next year (the highest since the last recession, and [...]

Posted in Economics, Markets, Polls, Sociology | Tagged Andrew Norton, economic policy, employment, expectations survey, global financial crisis, insecure work, labour market, polling, qualitative research, recession, Sociology, sociology of work, unemployment | 17 Responses

The future of journalism – or its vanishing present

By Mark Bahnisch on September 23, 2008

As a supplement to my post on the Walkley Foundation Future of Journalism event I recently spoke at in Brisbane, here’s a link to the thoughts of my colleague and co-panelist Axel Bruns.

Posted in Media, Sociology | Tagged australian media, Blogging, blogosphere, citizen journalism, creative economy, cultural studies, fairfax sackings, future of journalism, future of journalism brisbane, future of media, future of newspapers, journalism, journalism education, MEAA, media analysis, media commentary, media ownership, media studies, professional identities, public sphere, punditariat, quality journalism, Sociology, sociology of blogging, sociology of media, sociology of professions, sociology of work, Walkley Foundation, workplace restructuring | Leave a response

Guest post by SocProf: When Management Creates Labour Pain

By Guest Poster on September 18, 2008

MB writes: Lost, it would appear, in the government’s focus on productivity as the ruling motif of the workplace is any consideration of the human costs of work in the new economy. I had hoped that Julia Gillard might bring [...]

Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Ethics, Feminism, Health, Industrial Relations, International, Markets, Sociology, Women | Tagged economic sociology, gender and work, globalisation, Julia Gillard, new economy, politics of work, precarious work, quality of working life, risk society, social theory, Sociology, sociology of work, workplace deaths, workplace health and safety | 20 Responses

The Future of Journalism – reflections

By Mark Bahnisch on September 14, 2008

As noted here and here, I attended the Walkley Foundation’s Future of Journalism event in Brisbane yesterday. Courtesy of the lovely folks at the ABC, the sessions were all recorded and will be viewable online, so that absolves me from [...]

Posted in Blogging, Media, Politics, Sociology | Tagged australian media, Blogging, blogosphere, citizen journalism, creative economy, cultural studies, fairfax sackings, future of journalism, future of journalism brisbane, future of media, future of newspapers, journalism, journalists strike, MEAA, media analysis, media commentary, media ownership, media studies, Mike Carlton, News Limited, News Limited columnists, professional identities, public sphere, punditariat, quality journalism, Sociology, sociology of blogging, sociology of media, sociology of professions, sociology of work, Walkley Foundation, workplace restructuring | 33 Responses

The future of journalism in Brisbane

By Mark Bahnisch on September 11, 2008

As Kim mentioned the other day, the Future of Journalism roadshow is coming to Brisbane on Saturday, and I’m speaking on a panel at 2pm called “Bloggers: amateur netizens or professionals of the future?”… Full details of the program are [...]

Posted in Blogging, Brisbane, Media, Notices, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Axel bruns, Blogging, blogosphere, cultural studies, fairfax sackings, future of journalism, future of media, margaret simons, mark day, MEAA, media studies, MSM blogs, News Limited blogs, political blogging, public sphere, quality journalism, Sociology, sociology of media, sociology of work, Walkley Foundation | 13 Responses

The Olympics and workplace productivity

By Mark Bahnisch on August 13, 2008

I noticed yesterday that Griffith Uni has provided a plasma screen in the library window for students and staff to watch the Olympics, but when I questioned both my Griffith students and later on my ACU students, most said they [...]

Posted in Authoritarianism, Industrial Relations, Life, Media, Sport, The Web | Tagged Australian swimmers, beijing olympics, management, olympic gold, Olympics, olympics coverage, Sociology, sociology of work, Stephanie Rice, the intertubes, workplace productivity | 24 Responses

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