How many people make up the lower class (the poor) in the U.S?
100
Upper middle class.
Which class is stressed the most in the media?
100
No.
According to Gregory Mantsios article "Media Magic", is the wealthy class considered as a class?
100
The middle class is not a working class.
What is one common misconception about the middle class?
100
Lower class Latinos and African-Americans.
Middle class whites fear which two ethnic groups?
200
The Poor
According to the media, who's fault is it that the poor are in the conditions in which they live?
200
23
How many corporations own more than one half of all the daily newspapers, magazines, movie studios and radio and television out lets in the U.S?
200
The wealthy are benevolent and fascinating.
In "Media Magic," Gregory M. elucidates the way the media portrays the wealthy. What are two of the adjectives that he uses to explain the public view point of wealthy people?
200
60; 4
____ percent of the American population holds less than ___ percent of the nations wealth.
200
14,000
How many innocent people are killed on their jobs each year in the U.S?
300
We are all getting richer.
In Gregory Mantsios's article 'Class in America", he explains common myths about class. What is the third myth?
300
False.
True or False: The mass media is objective in their portrayals of American culture.
300
True.
True or False: the wealthy class dictates a large amount of American economics?
300
13%
How much did the income of the middle fifth of the US population decline in the time period in which the income of the wealthy class's income increased?
300
2 cents.
Welfare accounts for _____ cents out of every dollar in the federal budget.
400
The middle class.
Which of the 3 classes is the largest in American society?
400
The middle class
Which of the classes is beginning to vanish?
400
1%
What percent of Americans saw their average incomes soar 80% in the last decade?
400
Very small
Is the share of the nations wealth small or large in reference to the middle class.
400
False.
100,000 prematurely
6 million injured
400,000 fall ill.
Of the 14,000 people that die each year, 30,000 are prematurely, 10 million fall seriously ill and 12,000 are injured from work related incidents.
500
Higher rates of infant mortality, eye and ear disease, arthritis, physical disability, diabetes, nutritional deficiency, mental illness and heart disease.
What is lower class standing correlated to?
500
From cradle to grave, class standing has a significant impact on our chances for survival.
What is the fifth reality in "Media Magic" entail?
500
$11 billion; $100,000.
The federal government spends $________ on individuals who's income exceeds $_________.
500
Between $25,000 and $80,000.
What is the average household earnings of the current middle class?