Lana Swartz

ResearcherModern

Media studies scholar at the University of Virginia whose book New Money: How Payment Became Social Media (Yale, 2020) showed that payment systems are communication media — and that whoever runs the rails gains quiet power over who can transact and on what terms. She directs UVA's Digital Cultures and Economies lab and is writing a book on scams and the fintech economy, after co-editing Paid (MIT Press) on the material culture of money.