Class dismissed : how TV frames the working class / a project by Pepi Leistyna ; directed by Loretta Alper ; produced & written by Loretta Alper & Pepi Leistyna.
"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"--Container.
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Language: | English Spanish |
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Northampton, MA :
Media Education Foundation,
[2005], ©2005.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
How TV frames the working class.
How television frames the working class. |
Format: | Video DVD |
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"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"--Container. |
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Note: | In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. Contains 42 min. of additional interview footage. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | P94.5.W68 C53 2005 VideoDVD |
ISBN: | 9781932869033 1932869034 |
Credits: | Camera, Julius Bolton ... [et al.] ; editor, Jeremy Smith. |
System Details: | DVD. |
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Narrator, Ed Asner. |