Upward classism: Prejudice and stereotyping against the wealthy
| Autor: | Rainer Zitelmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
050204 development studies Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Aerospace Engineering Gender studies Development language.human_language Disadvantaged Newspaper German Political science 0502 economics and business language 050207 economics Suspect Media content Prejudice (legal term) |
| Zdroj: | Economic Affairs. 40:162-179 |
| ISSN: | 1468-0270 0265-0665 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ecaf.12407 |
| Popis: | While there are many studies of prejudice towards disadvantaged minorities, there has been little research into stereotypes of rich people The author commissioned the first international comparative study to investigate popular attitudes towards rich people He analyses findings from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and France, and calculates a ?Social Envy Coefficient? for these four countries Envy appears most pronounced in France, followed by Germany By contrast, envy is significantly lower in the United States and Great Britain, although there are interesting variations by age In addition, the study subjects a sample of popular international feature films and articles in German newspapers to detailed media content analysis This analysis finds that rich individuals are predominantly portrayed as cold-hearted, profit-hungry and morally suspect |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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