Poverty porn
Poverty porn, pornography of poverty,[1] development porn, famine porn,[2] or stereotype porn,[3][4] is a type of media that uses a place's bad conditions. The bad conditions create sympathy and this sympathy can then be used to get money. This money will then go to charities or another type of cause.[5][6] Poverty porn is also a word that can be used to criticize movies that objectify people in poverty for the sake of entertaining a watcher.[7][8][9]
In politics[change | change source]
In western culture, "poverty porn" is often used in politics as well. Some political parties may use it as a way to purposefully make misleading impressions of the lives of the poor. Other political parties use this term as the result of the welfare state.[10]
In popular culture[change | change source]
Poverty porn is often used modern pop culture. The idea of poverty porn has become popular in many movies and TV shows.[11]
Reality TV[change | change source]
The British television program The Hardest Grafter uses Poverty Porn this when it shows 25 of Britain's "poorest workers,". All of these workers have the shared objective of winning £15,000. They win this money through doing different tasks. Some sources say that this television show can be perverted and discriminatory. This is because the members of the show can only be poor.[11]
Examples of works[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Shahghasemi, E. (2020). Pornography of Poverty: Celebrities’ Sexual Appeal at Service to the Poor?. The 2nd International Conference on Future of Social Sciences and Humanities, Prague.
- ↑ "famine porn « An Africanist Perspective". kenopalo.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ↑ "Famine Africa stereotype porn shows no letup". Development Research Institute. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ↑ ""Famine Porn" and the Marketing of Poverty | Subversive Influence". subversiveinfluence.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ↑ Matt Collin (July 1, 2009). "What is 'poverty porn' and why does it matter for development?". Aid Thoughts. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Flinders, Matthew (January 8, 2014). "Down and out in Bloemfontein". Oxford University Press blog.
- ↑ Wilson, Beth. "What is 'Poverty Porn' and are we guilty of indulging in it?". Trespass Mag. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Benefits Street: Channel 4 boss resents poverty porn accusation". Digital Spy. January 10, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ "'Poverty porn'? Who benefits from documentaries on Recession Britain?". Joseph Rowntree Foundation. August 23, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Collective, E. D. A. (2015-05-29). Twerking to Turking: Everyday Analysis. John Hunt Publishing. ISBN 9781782797517.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "It's a bit rich moaning about poverty porn | Rachel Cooke". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ McTague, Tom (January 13, 2014). "Benefits Street: Iain Duncan Smith uses 'poverty porn' show to justify savage Tory welfare cuts". Mirror Online. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ TV and Radio (April 23, 2013). "Paralympic star Tanni Grey-Thompson attacks Channel 4 over its 'poverty porn'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Charlie Brooker (January 12, 2014). "Benefits Street – poverty porn, or just the latest target for pent-up British fury?". The Guardian.
- ↑ Kanter, Jake (January 10, 2014). "C4 rejects Benefits Street's 'poverty porn' tag". Broadcast. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ "Richard Chin: Slumdog Millionaire: Debate Poverty not "Poverty Porn"". Huffington Post. March 6, 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Tiny. "Performing poverty in 'Nomadland' and 'White Tiger'". 48hills. San Francisco Progressive Media Center. Retrieved 28 May 2021.