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Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars

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  • Kathrin Friederike Müller

    (Faculty for Electronic Media, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Corinna Peil

    (Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, Austria)

  • Franzisca Weder

    (School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland, Australia)

Abstract

The study at hand analyzes the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions on scholars in the area of media and communication studies. It aims to highlight inequalities in the negative effects of the pandemic on academic output by examining the working conditions of scholars, taking into account gender, parenthood, and the partnership-based division of professional and care work. The quantitative survey was directed at communication scholars in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The findings show that there are no significant gender differences in terms of changes in academic output during the first 15 months of the pandemic; instead, disadvantages were observed in terms of parenting, regardless of the gender of the parents. Gender-specific effects could be detected concerning family situations and partnerships. Here, male participants are more often found in relationships in which the partner only works half-time, than women who mostly live with a partner who works full-time. The data suggest that gender differences related to changes in the time allotted for professional and care work and academic output are leveled out by the characteristics of the academic career model in which German-speaking scholars work. Nevertheless, gendered structures in academia and partnerships shape how the impact of the pandemic on professional work is experienced.

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  • Kathrin Friederike Müller & Corinna Peil & Franzisca Weder, 2023. "Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(1), pages 184-196.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v:11:y:2023:i:1:p:184-196
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