In: Psychology
During an evening of television viewing, assess the social class level of the characteristics you see on various shows. In each case explain why you assign someone a particular social position? Do you find many clearly upper-class people? middle-class people? working-class people? poor people?
The evening television shows are meant for relaxation as people have returned home from the whole day's work and they need some entertainment. Hence by showing the normal probems, or the normal jokes would not ead to entertainment. Hence somewhere in between the upper class and the middle class is shown for eg. upper middle class. People want to have everything good. For eg: a women should cooking and all the work as well stay in modern new flat. Those things seem to be pleasing, for eg: beautiful kitchen, modern sofa, good lights in house etc. At first a tall building is showed which indicates the type of house that they residing into.
The clothes which they wear are not the normal ones or the party ones. They are branded clothes, which cats wear at home! Normally when a women is at home she doesn't wears make up but in evening shows it is shown so that women are wearing good clothes and they workig in kitchen etc. Hence atleast in Indian TV evening shows the upper middle class is broadcasted. The one who lives above average life but also has simplicity in thoughts