Media and Class

<p>Although the idea of class is again becoming politically and culturally charged the relationship between media and class remains understudied. This diverse collection draws together prominent and emerging media scholars to offer readers a much-needed orientation within the wider categories of media class and politics in Britain America and beyond. Case studies address media representations and media participation in a variety of platforms with attention to contemporary culture: from celetoids to selfies <i>Downton Abbey</i> to <i>Duck Dynasty </i>and<i> </i>royals to reality TV. These scholarly but accessible accounts draw on both theory and empirical research to demonstrate how different media navigate and negotiate caricature and essentialize or contain and regulate class.</p>