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Shaming, blaming or othering? Representing poverty in Flemish factual entertainment
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Author
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Abstract
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| This chapter discusses the representation of poverty on Flemish television, focusing on four explanatory models which are often used to discuss the causes of poverty. It analyses seven recent programs addressing poverty and combining factual content with specific televisual formats. In addition to analysing the programmes, we interviewed ten of their producers. Surprisingly, given our explicit search for the topic, our analysis shows that poverty shaming is very rare on Flemish television. Instead, poor people were mostly portrayed with a lot of respect. Contrary to the neoliberal focus on individual responsibility, hardly any of the programmes suggested the poor themselves were to blame for their condition, which can be partly attributed to the strong position of public service broadcasting. However, poor people on Flemish television are often presented as pitiable Others, particularly in those programs where a (mostly white, middle class, male) presenter offers a paternalistic view into their lives. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Mediated shame of class and poverty across Europe / Reifová, Irena [edit.]; et al.
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Publication
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2021
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ISBN
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978-3-030-73542-5
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DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-73543-2_9
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Volume/pages
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p. 163-182
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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