Inserção profissional e o perfil dos egressos do curso de jornalismo da Universidade Federal de Sergipe no contexto das novas tecnologias digitais

Abstract

This research is classified as descriptive and its development was carried out through the articulation between the methodologies of documentary research and the literature review on the problem of professionalization and the impacts of new information and communication technologies in journalism and the teaching of journalism. The research also had as a secondary objective to trace the sociodemographic profile of journalism graduates from the classes of 2019, 2020 and 2021 of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) and identify their perceptions about the profession and their insertion in the labor market. The result of the research points to the confirmation of trends already consolidated in the literature on the profile of graduates of journalism courses, such as the young age of new professionals, feminization of the area, low supply of formal jobs, wage devaluation, accumulation of functions, the predominance of entry into the course for reasons of talent to the area or affection with social communication and market demands of skills in the area of management and content production for social media.