Elizabeth Patton
Elizabeth Patton, PhD is an Associate Professor in the department of Media and Communication Studies at UMBC. She received her Ph.D. in 2013 from the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Her research includes representations of gender, class, and race within mass media; the history of communication technology; and the impact of communication technology on space, family, and work-life balance.
Her book, Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office, examines how the idea of working within the home was constructed and disseminated in popular culture and by the communication and real estate industries through mass media during the 20th century.
Previously, she has worked at Johns Hopkins University and New York University, advised adjudicated youth in at-risk neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and conducted volunteer media literacy training at public middle schools in Washington, D.C.
Supervisors: Marita Sturken and Nicholas Mirzoeff
Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Her book, Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office, examines how the idea of working within the home was constructed and disseminated in popular culture and by the communication and real estate industries through mass media during the 20th century.
Previously, she has worked at Johns Hopkins University and New York University, advised adjudicated youth in at-risk neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and conducted volunteer media literacy training at public middle schools in Washington, D.C.
Supervisors: Marita Sturken and Nicholas Mirzoeff
Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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entertainment technologies, consumerism and Playboy’s celebration of the urban bachelor pad contributed to current definitions of the good life and reflected the paradigm shift to the postindustrial economy and the subsequent emergence of the knowledge economy.
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entertainment technologies, consumerism and Playboy’s celebration of the urban bachelor pad contributed to current definitions of the good life and reflected the paradigm shift to the postindustrial economy and the subsequent emergence of the knowledge economy.