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Socio-Economic Class Analysis

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Diana Kendall concludes in her article that the media plays a role in how public opinions about socio-economic classes are formed by framing their stories in misleading ways. The media takes class and social inequality and trivializes it. I think the media is portraying images in a bad manner because they are selling the idea that the only way to get ahead is to identify with the rich and powerful. Television also promotes hedonistic consumerism, TV encourages the audience to view themselves as having an equal right to purchase high end items. I found it interesting to find out that people who watch television for an extensive period of time leads to higher rates of spending and to lower savings. I agree that reality shows such as For Love

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