SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Social Distance, Social Inequality
25 Nov 2015
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Social class identities - the role of the media and education. What were your feelings as you watched working class" reality t. v. Adds a negative stereotype to working class, because not all working class. How do you categorize these people when you watch these programs? act like that. They"re being made fun of lump and proletariat. Is this the stereotype of working class individuals? rude lazy. Article- honey boo boo (rtv) as a means: to mobilize bias against working class- through humour/scorn- from audience viewpoint. You"re encourage to not feel sorry for these people and to be distant. Role of the media construction of self and other- significance of television: redneck/white trash- extreme othering/non-you. Links to gender: creation of viewers/onlookers" superiority- role of experts- judge judy-implicit judgements- identify what is wanting". Sense of superiority and social separations: implicit social control of viewerswant to avoid of ridicule and shaming and ostracism.
