Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: So you want to be a #GIRLBOSS?”: Millennial Femininity and Entrepreneurial Selfhood in Girlboss and The Girlfriend Experience
Martin Fradley
Chapter 2: Retrace Your Steps, Escape Your Past: Identity, Belonging, Nostalgia, and Representation in Ready Player One
Raymond Blanton
Chapter 3: Transmediality, Agency, and Authenticity – Engaging the Fans of the Austentatious Book Club
Ruxandra Trandafoiu and Carol Poole
Chapter 4: Food and the Next Generation: Putting Their Money Where their Mouth is
Claire Stewart
Chapter 5: Revising The Slasher Genre for Millennials and Generation Z: Remaking Black Christmas
Ahmet Atay
Chapter 6: The Influencer Generations: Millennials and Generation Z are Ditching the Typical 9-5 to Post on Social Media
Sydney Dotson and Mary Z. Ashlock
Chapter 7: Millennials and Democratic Socialism: Media Representations and Political Memory Under Neoliberalism
Christopher C. Barnes
Chapter 8: Boldly Shattering Millennial Stereotypes
Victoria McDermont and Nike Jacob
Chapter 9: Studying Media Portrayals of Millennials and Generation Z Through the Lens of Critical Communication Pedagogy
Anthony Esposito and Ronald K. Raymond
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