ABSTRACT
This companion brings together scholars working at the intersection of media and class, with a focus on how understandings of class are changing in contemporary global media contexts.
From the memes of and about working-class supporters of billionaire "populists", to well-publicized and critiqued philanthropic efforts to bring communication technologies into developing country contexts, to the behind-the-scenes work of migrant tech workers, class is undergoing change both in and through media. Diverse and thoughtfully curated contributions unpack how media industries, digital technologies, everyday media practices—and media studies itself—feed into and comment upon broader, interdisciplinary discussions. They cover a wide range of topics, such as economic inequality, workplace stratification, the sharing economy, democracy and journalism, globalization, and mobility/migration.
Outward-looking, intersectional, and highly contemporary, The Routledge Companion to Media and Class is a must-read for students and researchers interested in the intersections between media, class, sociology, technology, and a changing world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Class and Mass Media
chapter 4|13 pages
Migrants Meet Reality Shows
chapter 5|12 pages
Participation in Reality Television
chapter 6|12 pages
Love, Sex, Money
part II|2 pages
Class in Interactive Digital and Mobile Media
chapter 9|11 pages
YouTube-based Programming and Saudi Youth
chapter 10|12 pages
Mobile Technology and Class
chapter 12|10 pages
Young People, Smartphones, and Invisible Illiteracies
part III|2 pages
Labor in Digital/Media Contexts
chapter 16|12 pages
Technologies of Recognition
chapter 19|14 pages
Between “World Class Work” and “Proletarianized Labor”
part IV|2 pages
Media, Class, and Expressions of Citizenship
chapter 23|14 pages
Reconsidering Mobility
part |2 pages
Postscript