Marxist View - Media Representation of Middle Class

Cards (5)

  • Marxists argue that the representations of the middle class being successful is to promote the "ruling class ideology"
  • Marxists argue the middle class are often portrayed as being product of Meritocracy
  • Marxists argue the middle class are often portrayed as being product of Meritocracy (the idea that people who work hard will achieve success)
  • Meritocracy is the idea that people who work hard will achieve success
  • Marxists argue that the media representations of the middle classes deserving the success they have due to working hard (Meritocracy) reinforces the "false class-consciousness"