Union Is Not a Four-Letter Word: Television and Labor in the Age of Streaming

Abstract

Abstract This article considers the problem of social class in contemporary television, focusing on the last five years. The author considers the ways in which streaming platforms are increasing the range and diversity of stories that television can offer; in addition, she shifts the conversation from class, consumption, and representation to work, labor, and production, arguing that this view highlights the extent to which television is engaging with questions of labor more often than we realize.