Code Switch

NPR

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Code Switch

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Code Switch

Mar 4, 2026
31¼ minutes
29 MB

We all know what gentrification looks like IRL — boxy, corporate-owned apartment complexes, places to get a quick bowl for lunch, streets that are dubbed "cleaner" and "safer" (even at the expense of the people who used to live there). But what does gentrification look like online? We’re talking to Jessa Lingel, who studies digital culture at the University of Pennsylvania, about her argument that the internet has become gentrified, and that we're all suffering the consequences. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use...

Code Switch

How the internet got gentrified

NPR

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