1st Edition

Intersectionality, Political Economy, and Media

By Carolyn M. Byerly Copyright 2025
222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This textbook considers the critical relationship between gender, race, and class and the political economy of media, providing an accessible introduction for students. Carolyn M. Byerly integrates gender, race, and class analysis in posing an intersectional political economy (IPE) of media theory, and demonstrates how that theory applies in examining communication laws, policies, technology,... Read more

PART I: Intersectionality in Media Research 1. Revisiting Political Economy of Media  2. Intersectional Political Economy of Media Theory  PART II: Reframing Media Investigations 3. Laws, Policies, and Ownership  4. Labor and Technology  PART III: New Directions  5. Staking out the Future  PART IV: Case Studies  6. Neoliberal Academics as News Sources Marian Meyers and Virginia Massignan  7. American Woman: Nicki Minaj, Transnationalism, and U.S. Values Sholnn Z. Freeman  8. All Work, Low Pay: An Intersectional Political Economy Critique of Platform Labor Micky Lee

Biography

Carolyn M. Byerly is Professor Emerita in Communication, Howard University, United States. She is the author of many articles and book chapters, as well as editor, co-editor, or author of several books, including The Palgrave Handbook of Women in Journalism (2013), Women and Media: A Critical Introduction (2006), and Women and Media: International Perspectives (2004). Her scholarship as a critical feminist scholar has examined women’s media employment, communication policies, media ownership, and other topics from a political economy perspective.