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Freelance Media would like to introduce our podcast, Students vs The Gig Economy, which serves as a means to  explore the various perspectives, impacts and consequences and the growing trends amongst youths towards the gig economy with experiences and insights from students who are active in the gig economy. Some of topics and themes we plan to touch on via this podcast include, digital transformations and the rise of digital platforms, gig jobs as a means to overcome income inequality, work insecurities, gig work in creative industries, student life and the increase in options in terms of labour and whether or not that is a good thing?

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We want to emphasise that this podcast is not a business commentary that will discuss the do’s and don'ts of a specific side gig. We are trying to investigate the appeal and the misconceptions of the gig industry to students. Ideally, this podcast will help to dissect the gig economy through the lens of a full time student/students.

Students are our target audience for this podcast so in our attempt to present the episodes and keep young listeners engaged, information and knowledge is shared in a digestible, easy-to-understand manner while avoiding the addition of overwhelming factoids. Whilst, still providing in-depth information that will hopefully be captivating enough to keep the listeners’ attention through our hosts, Narmatha and Livia, as they will lead us on this journey through discovering what it is like being a student in the gig economy.

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The tasks to carry out this project was split up amongst the five of us. Chen Hui was in charge of handling our Instagram account, setting up the website, and the graphic design. While Livia was in charge of handling the TikTok account, she was the host of this podcast alongside Narmatha, and she was also in charge of website content alongside Chen Hui. Shuchen and Mircea were in charge of the audio and recording process, while Shuchen took care of audio editing duties. Lastly, scriptwriting duties were handled by Narmatha and Mircea. 

 

For the content of our scripts, research was done by referring to existing articles, studies and statistics on the gig economy, which can be found on our episodes page. The information gained from our research was then converted into content for this podcast. We aimed to ensure our content was not overwhelmingly packed with factoids, and we made it as relatable and consumable as possible for our listeners. This decision was made to keep our listener engaged. With that being said, the tone and delivery of our content was also taken into consideration, to ensure this podcast, while important and heavy in this subject matter, also kept the listeners interested. 

 

We Hope You Enjoy Our Podcast!