Maximilian Brichta

I write about how transformations in the digital economy change our relationship to money.

Experience

  • –present
    Postdoctoral research associate, University of Virginia

Education

  • 2025 
    University of Southern California, PhD in Communication
  • 2018 
    California State University Northridge, MA in Communication Studies

Publications

  • 2025
    (Not) just monkeying around: Play, proliferation, and personae in meme coin speculation, First Monday
  • 2023
    Fanning money: the cultural economy and participatory politics of Dogecoin, International Journal of Communication
  • 2022
    Fusing Piety and Pop Culture: Ritual Forms of Transcendent Consumption in Hillsong Church Services., Journal of Communication and Religion

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  • Consulting / Advising
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