Alper, L., Leistyna, P., Asner, E., & Media Education Foundation. (2005). Class dismissed how TV frames the working class [videorecording]. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation,.
Call No: D572174
Location: Business Library
Excerpt from Media Education Foundation:
Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV’s disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants — stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy.
Class Dismissed breaks important new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television’s often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people.
MEF has a short trailer of this video and I’m embedding it here.
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