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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Brooke Erin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online social networks--Economic aspects.

Online social networks.

Vocational interests--Economic aspects--Sex differences.

Vocational interests.

Blogs--Economic aspects.

Blogs.

Fashion--Blogs--Economic aspects.

Fashion.

Fashion--Blogs--Social aspects.

Fashion merchandising--Computer network resources--Social aspects.

Fashion merchandising.

Social media--Economic aspects.

Social media.

Feminist theory.

Businesswomen.

Businesswomen--History--21st century.

Businesswomen--Attitudes.

Women--Economic aspects--United States--21st century.

Women.

Feminism--Economic aspects.

Feminism.

Women in the mass media industry.

Social sciences in mass media.

Physical Description:

xii, 308p. ; ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

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

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.

Summary:

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 to Instagram-in hopes of channeling their talents into fulfilling careers. In this eye-opening book, Brooke Erin Duffy draws much-needed attention to the gap between the handful who find lucrative careers and the rest, whose "passion projects" amount to free work for corporate brands. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork, Duffy offers fascinating insights into the work and lives of fashion bloggers, beauty vloggers, and designers. She connects the activities of these women to larger shifts in unpaid and gendered labor, offering a lens through which to understand, anticipate, and critique broader transformations in the creative economy. At a moment when social media offer the rousing assurance that anyone can "make it"-and stand out among freelancers, temps, and gig workers-Duffy asks us all to consider the stakes of not getting paid to do what you love.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Entrepreneurial Wishes and Career Dreams

2. The Aspirational Ethos: Gender, Consumerism, and Labor

3. (Not) Just for the Fun of It: The Labor of Social Media Production

4. Branding the Authentic Self: The Commercial Appeal of "Being Real"

5. "And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor": Attracting Advertisers, Building Brands, Leveraging (Free) Labor

6. The "Instagram Filter": Dispelling the Myths of Entrepreneurial Glamour

7. Aspirational Labor's (In)Visibility

Epilogue: The Aspirational Labor of an Academic

Appendix: Method and List of Interview Participants

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-292) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780300227666 : (ebk : EbookCentral)

OCLC:

1032365502