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(Not) getting paid to do what you love : gender, social media, and aspirational work /

"An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to 'make it' in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid work. Profound transformations in our digital society have brought many enterprising women to social media platforms--from blogs to YouTube...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duffy, Brooke Erin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Entrepreneurial wishes and career dreams
  • The aspirational ethos: gender, consumerism, and labor
  • (Not) just for the fun of it: the labor of social media production
  • Branding the authentic self: the commercial appeal of "being real"
  • "And now, a word from our sponsor": attracting advertisers, building brands, leveraging (free) labor
  • The "Instagram filter": dispelling the myths of entrepreneurial glamour
  • Aspirational labor's (in)visibility
  • Epilogue: The aspirational labour of an academic.