The Routledge Companion to Media and Class | Media & Cultural Studies

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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 discuss…