Neoliberalism and the media

摘要

Marian Meyers' edited collection, Neoliberalism and the Media, brings together a variety of case studies united in their purpose to expose the manifold ways in which neoliberal ideology has come to be normalized in mainstream U.S. media over the past several decades and how that discourse serves to assert and reinforce structural inequities. Contributors adopt a range of theoretical frameworks to ground their qualitative analyses of wide-ranging media texts and practices through a lens of intersectionality. The book is thoughtfully arranged in five sections, beginning with Meyers' explanation of the history and context of neoliberalism, which is followed by sections that group together studies based on their attention to corporations and markets, responsibility and choice, consumers and advertising, and identity and representation. Taken together, the collection demonstrates how neoliberalism is threaded throughout how popular U.S. media are organized and produced, such that its presence in media texts and operations is both powerful and easily overlooked.