Media And The Upper Class Essay

In America, the media plays a huge role in the way we think. Things such as movies, music, TV shows, even newspapers and magazines can influence our opinions and thoughts on certain subjects. Thoughts and equality towards social classes are no different. In most modern TV shows and movies, the social class that is usually represented is the upper class, but even then, the way the upper class is shown in representation is generally wrong. This has been this way for quite a long time, even since the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, and will probably not change anytime soon. Although, all classes are generally thought to represented in modern popular media, it seems the upper class is pictured more than any other, although the industry tries to make us believe that this is the middle class being pictured. Upper class is shown in so many shows today such as The Real Housewives of …show more content…
In the small times that the lower class is shown in the media, the typical lower class family is normally represented as mainly minority families (black, Hispanic, etc.) that live in what most call “the hood”. These neighborhoods are generally run down, and filled with drugs and robberies. For the working class, they are generally looked at as the family that barely sees each other. Mom and Dad both work long hours, the kids come home from school and make their own dinner. Once again, this is not the correct representation at all. There are many lower class families that live in okay sections of town, sections that are not crime ridden. Also, not all lower class people are the way the news media shows them either. Typically, when the news media shows lower class person, they are generally shown as those who rob stores or commit murder. Coming from a family that would be considered lower class (according to the standards listed in the above paragraph), I know personally that not all lower class people are the