TITLE:
Professional Stress in Journalism: A Study on Electronic Media Journalists of Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Kazi Nazmul Huda, Abul Kalam Azad
KEYWORDS:
Professional Stress, Stress Management, Causes of Stress, Electronic Media Journalists
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Journalism and Communication,
Vol.3 No.4,
December
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: To meet the objectives of professional assignments, journalists often suffer from high level professional
stress. The key objective of this study is to identify the major determinants of professional
stress of journalists in electronic media. The study is, to a large extent, based on quantitative data
collected through personal interview of 55 journalists of different private television channels of
Bangladesh. The study reveals that inadequate support from management is the most heated
cause of professional stress. However, the result also concludes “harassment” at workplace as an
insignificant determinant. Other major determinants of stress are “unclear objective”, “insecure
job climate”, “excessive time pressure”, “friction”, “long working hours” and “life threat” found in
the study. However, though the study is very new to Bangladesh perspective, it is expected that it
may help to develop professional stress management policies in this sector.