“You Kind of Have to Bite the Bullet and do Bitch Work”: How Internships Teach Students to Unthink Exploitation in Public Relations

“You Kind of Have to Bite the Bullet and do Bitch Work”: How Internships Teach Students to Unthink Exploitation in Public Relations

Based on critical analysis of three focus groups with PR students at Penn State, we argue that describing PR internships as “bitch work” highlights key material and ideological lessons about labour, gender, and exploitation. Analysing interviews of PR interns through Marxist and feminist perspective...

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Main Authors: Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Stephanie N. Berberick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: tripleC 2015-09-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
Subjects:
bitch work
college students
consolation
compensation
feminization
gender
ideology
internships
exploitation
free labour
hope labour
precarious work
public relations
Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/599

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