Class dismissed how TV frames the working class

Leistyna, Pepi. (Added Author). Alper, Loretta. (Added Author). Asner, Edward. (Added Author). Media Education Foundation (Added Author). Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre (AEMAC) (Added Author).

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 1932869034
Physical Description: 1 DVD-video (62 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
v[sound recording]deorecording (DVD)
videorecording
Publisher: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation ; Vancouver, BC : AEMAC, Langara College [distributor], c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Contains 42 min. of additional interview footage.
Formatted Contents Note:	Class matters -- The American dream machine -- From the margins to the middle -- Women have class -- Class clowns -- No class -- Class action.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Camera, Julius Bolton ... [et al.] ; editor, Jeremy Smith.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Ed Asner.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, library, classroom, ILL.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.