Precarious times, precarious work: A feminist political economy of freelance journalists in Canada and the United States

Critique, Social Media and the Information Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 219-230

  McKercher, Catherine ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84917673839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203764077     Document Type: Chapter

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