| title: | Changes in Organisation Culture in Estonian Daily Newspapers in 1989-2002 |
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| reg no: | ETF5208 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
5.3. Sociology |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | University of Tartu |
| head of project: | Halliki Harro-Loit |
| duration: | 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2003 |
| description: | 1. The organisattion culture of Estonian dailies has changed along with the changes in ownership. The objective of this research is in first stage study and map the existing organisation culture in Estonian dailies and in second stage compare it with the corresponding newpaper organisations in the owner countries. The main research question is: if and to what extent the presence of foreign owners influences the inner job settings, personnel policies, management and the product (the newspaper and its supplements). The research would be an important comparison material in Nordic journalism research. On the basis of the results it is possible to answer to the question the Nordic media researchers have resently raised (for example during the 15th Nordic Conference of Media and Communication in Reykjavik 2001): to what extent it is necessary to regulate media ownership relations and concentrations?This is also one of the topics of Kertu Saks` doctoral dissertation. 2. Second objective is to compile on the basis of the existing research on media organisations and the results of this research at least one article in Estonian and English on the changes during the last decade. 3. The third objective is to research journalists job market situation: new functions in newsrooms, personnel policy, different types of job relations. This is necessary to Estonian journalists further education, batchelors education and journalistic organisations. The research resluts published in the articles and K. Saks` Ph. D. will help to orientate better on the professional job market of journalism. 4. The fourth objective is to enhance the modul of media economy course in Tartu University Department of Journalism and Communication with empiric data. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Halliki Harro-Loit | Tartu University, Social Sciences | Lecturer, Head of the Department | |
| 2. | Kertu Saks | Tartu University | doctoral student | |