Finnish Journalists in Changing Media: Journalist Survey 2007

The survey studied how Finnish journalists view their own work and working conditions, the changing media environment, multimedia journalism, and Finnish society. The respondents were asked about their present job duties and whether their job included supervisory status or responsibility for some special area. Freelancers were asked about the number of employers they had had in 2006 and from what media sector. Respondent opinions were charted on how important certain job issues were to them (e.g. challenging work, career prospects, control over working hours, work diversity, wage level, security of job, workplace relations, possibility to have an impact in society). Further questions covered general job satisfaction and possible problems at work such as increased stress over deadlines, insufficient pay compared to tasks, authoritarian management style, competition and distrust between colleagues, lack of control over working hours or content of work etc. The respondents were also asked how they would like to improve their workplace. Change in work was charted by asking whether a number of things had increased or decreased since the beginning of the year 2005. Things mentioned included, for example, the length/duration of stories/features/items, the number of stories/features/items produced per week per staff member, multimedia working, the use of the same story/feature/item for different media within the same media company or between media companies. Another question explored whether the number of meetings, phone calls or e-mails, or pressure to work overtime etc. had increased or decreased during the past year. The respondents were asked whether certain job characteristics caused them harm or brought joy and satisfaction. The characteristics mentioned included the amount of work, travelling for work, learning new technologies or work methods, workplace relations, being in the public eye etc. Commitment to the workplace, the media company, and to the professional identity of journalists was studied. Change in time spent on different phases of work (e.g. planning, data gathering, writing/shooting of footage) was charted, likewise the change in average time spent on one story/feature/item and on multimedia journalism. The respondents were asked whether they receive feedback on their work and from whom. Views on what will happen in the media world in the future and the consequences to the quality and ethics of journalism in Finland were probed. The respondents were also asked how well a number of statements relating to the Finnish media corresponded to their own ideas of it. A set of statements explored opinions on various aspects of Finnish society, its politics and values. Finally, the respondents were asked whether they thought certain bodies (e.g. the police, citizen organisations, trade unions, Parliament, the EU, local decision-makers, the church, banks, political parties, big companies) have too much or too little power. Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, highest level of education, vocational education for journalism, type of municipality where the workplace is located, length of current employment, time working as a journalist, income, and type of contract.

本调查旨在探究芬兰记者对其自身工作及工作环境、媒体环境的变迁、多媒体新闻学以及芬兰社会的看法。受访者被询问关于他们目前的工作职责，以及他们的工作是否包含监督地位或对特定领域的责任。自由职业者被询问他们在2006年拥有多少雇主以及所属的媒体领域。受访者的观点被记录在如何将某些工作问题的重要性置于首位（例如，具有挑战性的工作、职业前景、对工作时间的控制、工作多样性、工资水平、工作保障、职场关系、对社会产生影响的可能性等）。进一步的问题涵盖了整体工作满意度以及工作中可能遇到的问题，如截止日期前的压力增加、与任务相比的薪酬不足、权威的管理风格、同事间的竞争和不信任、对工作时间和内容缺乏控制等。受访者还被询问他们希望如何改善他们的工作场所。通过询问自2005年初以来是否有某些事物增加或减少，来追踪工作变化。提到的内容包括，例如，故事/特写/项目的长度/持续时间、每位员工每周生产的文章/特写/项目的数量、多媒体工作、同一媒体公司或不同媒体公司内使用同一故事/特写/项目等。另一个问题探讨了在过去一年中会议、电话或电子邮件的数量，或加班的压力是否有所增加或减少。受访者还被询问某些工作特征是否对他们造成了伤害或带来了快乐和满足感。提到的特征包括工作量、因工作而旅行、学习新技术或工作方法、职场关系、成为公众人物等。对工作场所、媒体公司以及记者专业身份的承诺被研究。对不同工作阶段（例如，规划、数据收集、写作/拍摄素材）所花费时间的改变，以及平均花费在一篇故事/特写/项目上和多媒体新闻学上的时间的变化也被追踪。受访者还被询问他们是否收到对其工作的反馈以及来自谁。对媒体世界未来发展的看法以及芬兰新闻学的质量和伦理后果的调查也被探讨。受访者还被询问与芬兰媒体相关的若干陈述与他们自己对其的看法是否相符。一系列陈述探讨了关于芬兰社会、其政治和价值各方面意见的看法。最后，受访者被询问他们认为某些机构（例如，警察、公民组织、工会、议会、欧盟、地方决策者、教会、银行、政党、大公司）是否有过多或过少的权力。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄组、最高教育水平、新闻学职业教育、工作地点所在市的类型、当前就业年限、作为记者的工作时间、收入以及合同类型。