Editing Freelancer (section)

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'''''Freelance''''' (sometimes spelled '''''free-lance''''' or '''''free lance'''''),<ref>{{Dictionary.com|freelance}}</ref> '''''freelancer''''', or '''''freelance worker''''', are terms commonly used for a person who is [[self-employment|self-employed]] and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a [[employment agency|temporary agency]] that resells freelance labor to clients; others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work.

While the term ''[[independent contractor]]'' would be used in a {{clarify span|different [[Register (sociolinguistics)|register]] of [[English language|English]]|date=September 2024}} to designate the [[tax]] and employment classes of this type of worker, the term "freelancing" is most common in culture and creative industries, and use of this term may indicate participation therein.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hesmondhalgh | first1 = David | last2 = Baker | first2 = Sarah | year = 2010 | title = 'A very complicated version of freedom': Conditions and experiences of creative labour in three cultural industries | journal = Poetics | volume = 38 | issue = 1| pages = 4–20 | doi=10.1016/j.poetic.2009.10.001| hdl = 10072/44740 | hdl-access = free }}</ref>

Fields, professions, and industries where freelancing is predominant include: [[music]], [[writing]], [[acting]], [[computer programming]], [[web design]], [[graphic design]], [[Translation|translating]] and [[illustrating]], film and video production, and other forms of [[piece work]] that some cultural theorists consider central to the [[cognitive-cultural economy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title = Digital Labor|last = Scholz|first = Trebor|publisher = Routledge|year = 2012}}</ref>