Gossip Girl A American Dream Through Its Key Theme Of...

Gossip Girl also promotes a lavish American Dream through its key theme of class aspiration and social mobility. People’s understanding of class stems from how the media portrays the different classes. Many TV shows distort perceptions of class by not accurately representing the middle class. Shows such as Modern Family are intended to represent a blended, complicated, middle class family. However, the struggles of that modern family, are never monetary, which is not accurate to the middle class. As Juliet Schor explains television’s constant and inaccurate depictions of wealth, â€Å"inflate the viewer s perceptions of what others have, and by extension what is worth acquiring-what one must have in order to avoid being out of it.†(Schor). Furthermore, Gregory Mantsios argues, that rarely, if ever, do TV shows acknowledge the working class or lower class. In fact, the show The Working Class (2011) was cancelled after only one season because of bad ratings. Gossip Girl is also guilty of misrepresenting class, however they do this by making the upper-middle class seem like the lower class. As Chuck Bass says in episode 104, â€Å"Everyone out there wants to be us. We are what you aspire to†. The show primarily idealizes a privileged lifestyle by bashing on the lower class. This can again be seen in the treatment of Dan and Jenny. The show encourages its audience to view Dan and Jenny Humphrey as average, put-upon, middle-class teens. The other characters continually define Dan andShow MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesdifferent intellectual traditions that contribute to our understanding of organizations. Professor Tomas Mà ¼llern, Jà ¶nkà ¶ping International Business School, Sweden . McAuley, Duberley and Johnson’s Organizational Theory takes you on a joyful ride through the developments of one of the great enigmas of our time – How should we understand the organization? Jan Ole Similà ¤, Assistant Professor, Nord-Trà ¸ndelag University College, Norway I really enjoyed this new text and I am sure my students will enjoyRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesManagement Skills 8 †¢ Effective versus Successful Managerial Activities 8 †¢ A Review of the Manager’s Job 9 Enter Organizational Behavior 10 Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study 11 Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field 13 Psychology 14 †¢ Social Psychology 14 †¢ Sociology 14 †¢ Anthropology 14 There Are Few Absolutes in OB 14 Challenges and Opportunities for OB 15 Responding to Economic Pressures 15 †¢ Responding to Globalization 16 â⠂¬ ¢ Managing Workforce Diversity 18 †¢ Improving Customer ServiceRead MoreFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 Pagesany means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, website www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John WileyRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesmymanagementlab is an online assessment and preparation solution for courses in Principles of Management, Human Resources, Strategy, and Organizational Behavior that helps you actively study and prepare material for class. Chapter-by-chapter activities, including built-in pretests and postt ests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY