Price (2014) - Media Representation of Underclass

• Price completed the media representations of the underclass in 2014
• Price (2014) studied how the lower the social class, the more negative the media representations are, arguably because the mainstream media portrayal disproportionately come from upper/middle class backgrounds
• Price (2014) studied series like 'Benefits Street' and 'Famous, Rich and Hungry' and called them 'poverty porn'
• Price (2014) coined the term 'Poverty Porn' which refers to media representations that are meant to exploit the underclass to have a shocking effect and shape's people response
• Price (2014) argued that the narratives of shows like 'Benefits Street' have a human quality often showing decent people being affected by an unfair society