Class dismissed : how TV frames the working class / a project by Pepi Leistyna ; directed by Loretta Alper ; produced & written by Loretta Alper & Pepi Leistyna.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Leistyna, Pepi
Alper, Loretta
Asner, Edward
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Working class on television.
Social classes in mass media.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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
Contents:
  • Class matters
  • The American dream machine
  • From the margins to the middle
  • Women have class
  • Class clowns
  • No class
  • Class action.