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Control, technology and the management offensive in newspapers
Author(s) -
Noon Mike
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1993.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , offensive , control (management) , production (economics) , business , political science , advertising , public relations , engineering , management , economics , operations research , macroeconomics
Here the author explores the dynamics of workplace control in the provincial newspaper industry, and argues that direct input technology has led to structural changes that shift the locus of control from the printers (typesetters/compositors) to the journalists (sub‐editors) by increasing the latter group's influence over strategic contingencies in the production process.