Female cultural workers' performance of expertise on social media: Competition or collaboration?
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Artists and writers find support and help from other creatives online through social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. They share information, advice, and opportunities to help each other succeed. While they may compete for some of the same opportunities, many qualified people will help point others towards open opportunities. This mutual aid and support helps make individual creatives better at their craft through the shared knowledge of their online community.
Female cultural workers' performance of expertise on social media: Competition or collaboration?
- 5. ¡°I always thought that because you¡¯re competing for the same work people would be really precious about things, but I¡¯ve had people that are really qualified for the same things and they tell me ¡®oh have you applied for this yet?¡¯ It¡¯s a very¡as far as I can tell¡it¡¯s really inclusive, people are really helpful, people are really supportive of each other.¡± Jamila, artist (2016) ¡°It¡¯s great to have support from other writers, we can support each other. and we can share information and advice and blog posts and ultimately it¡¯s made me a better writer because of the things I¡¯ve been able to do through the people I know on Facebook and Twitter.¡± Lisa, writer (2015) ¡®Mutual aid¡¯ (de Peuter and Cohen, 2015)