Social class: Frequency trends in domestic situation comedy, 1946‐1978
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Broadcasting
- Vol. 27 (1) , 77-81
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08838158309386474
Abstract
An examination of the social class of families portrayed in domestic situation comedy series on prime time network television from 1946 to 1978 reveals an overrepresentation of the middle class and an underrepresentation of the working class.Keywords
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