In television, working class is portrayed in a very negative way and does not reflect reality. In shows such as "Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "American Dad", which are all very popular adult cartoon series, really show how the working class is portrayed through television. These three shows are centered on families with both the mother and the father around. One, if not both of the parents are working. After viewing the film in class "Class Dismissed", it really made me pay attention to the stereotypes that put out about working class families. In the video it talks about how in television working class is viewed as dysfunctional families with no class, and a poor work ethic. "They are dumb, immature, irresponsible, or lacking in common sense (Dines, G., & Humez, J.). This is very true within all three of these shows. In Family guy, the fathers role is very dumb with no common sense, and so forth with the other two shows as well.
The working class in television really distracts us from the reality of working classes. This is true because in real working class families, they really do care about their family a lot, and its to the point where they have to work harder to provide for their family. I know this because I come from a working class family and my parents did everything to make sure their family was okay and that took both of my parents to work full time jobs all day.
References
Dines, G. & Humez, J. (Eds.), Gender, Race and Class in Media. (second edition) Location: Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage.
"Class Dismissed: How TV Frames working class" (2005). The media education foundation.
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