Media Coverage and the Political Economy of Black Death

Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble joined us again to discuss how her work on the political economy of the internet is playing out in current media coverage of the deaths of Black people.  Money and audience are generated for a variety of media and their political and commercial sponsors but little is said of the trauma and political stagnation imposed upon affected Black communities, audiences and activists.

Hear here our previous interview “Surveillance Literacy:” The Political Economy of the Internet and Black Death