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April 28, 2026Open Access

Affective governmentality and the emotional life of journalism across biographical transitions /

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PKPajnik, Mojca, komunikologinjaMBMaja BreznikRSRok SmrdeljTwitter (United States)

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This article investigates emotional dynamics affecting journalism careers, suggesting implications for media governance.

Key Points

  • This article explores the role of emotional dynamics in journalists' professional transitions, focusing on affect’s influence on governance in media.
  • Conducted fifteen narrative-biographical interviews with journalists in Slovenia.
  • Analyzed how emotional investments impact professional trajectories and governance structures in journalism.
  • Explored conceptually the interplay between affective attachments and structural pressures in media.
  • Identified affective attachments like passion and resilience that help journalists manage precarity.
  • Revealed that emotional investments can lead to normalization of exploitation and redefinition of burnout as commitment.
  • Highlighted instances of resistance that demonstrate the limitations of affective governmentality in shaping journalistic careers.

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komunikologinja et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f04e5b727298f751e724cehttps://doi.org/10.1177/14648849261436237#sec-1
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