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For-Profit Public Intellectuals

by Ryanne Pilgeram and Russell Meeuf | November 20, 2014 | Fall 2014

Sociologist Ryanne Pilgeram and media scholar Russell Meeuf discuss the hijacking of public debate by private research organizations, using the viral video “The Economics as Sex” as an example.

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Ryanne Pilgeram is in the sociology and anthropology department and directs the certificate in diversity and stratification at the University of Idaho. Her research interests include race, class, and gender.

Russell Meeuf is in the school of journalism and mass media at the University of Idaho. He studies media, celebrity, and cultural diversity.

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