In the article Media Magic, author Gregory Mantsios explains that media, whether it be movies, television, magazines, or radio, shapes who we are and what we believe. On page 92, Mantsios states “on average, Americans spend an average of twenty-eight hours per week watching television.” Being this amount of time is in television watching only, you can imagine how many things you hear or see per day that influence how you feel or see certain races, classes, genders.
Media creates a wide gap between how classes differentiate. When it comes to the poor, media either ignores them, or creates an atrocious image for them. When media does cover stories on the poor, these stories usually highlight welfare abuse, drug abuse, panhandlers, and crime.
Media creates a wide gap between how classes differentiate. When it comes to the poor, media either ignores them, or creates an atrocious image for them. When media does cover stories on the poor, these stories usually highlight welfare abuse, drug abuse, panhandlers, and crime.