Class discrimination in the media

Class discrimination can be seen in many different forms of media such as television show, films and social media. Class discrimination in the media displays the knowledge of what people feel and think about classicism. When seeing class discrimination in films and television shows, people are influenced in believe that is how things are in real life, for whatever class is being displayed. Media is a big influence on the world today. With that something such as classism is can be seen in many different lights. Good and bad. Usually the lower class is displayed in the media as dirty, lack of education and manners, homeless. The upper class is usually displayed as snobby, rude, high education and rich. From both sides of that being displayed in the media, people are able to take what the see, whether is be true or not and believe what they want to believe. In some cases, people who fall under a certain class that isn't portrayed in a good light by the media can be effected in school and social life. "Teenagers who grew up in poverty reported higher levels of discrimination, and the poorer the teens were, the more they experienced discrimination." [1] Class discrimination in the media is a current thing that has been happening from the beginning times of media and is still happening today.

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