Class

• What class do media editors and executives tend to be?

  Middle Class
• Which class tends to appear on TV both in dramas and news programmes more?

  Middle class
• what are drama roles for the WC limited too?

  Soap operas
• What are the upper class characters tend to be seen in?

  Historical costume dramas which tend to give a romantic picture of life and class
• How does the news represent the WC?

  As a source of trouble through anti social behaviour, riots, strikes and crime
• What did the Glasgow Uni Media Group suggest about the media?

  That it is spreading the view that the WC are trouble to ensure the dominance of capitalist ideology
• What did Glennon and Butsch look at?

  40 years of family on TV in the US
• What were some statistics that Glennon and Butsch found?

  • Only 4% of sitcoms featured a family where the head of the household was a manual worker. In real life this is 36%
  • Nearly half of TV families had a professional as head of the household. In real life only 25%
  • Most of the TV families were wealthy and glamourous
• How did Glennon and Butsch think WC dads were portrayed?

  As stupid and comical. Something for the audience to laugh at
• What did Newman say about the media?

  That it gave positive attention to things only the wealthy can afford
• What is an example of this positive attention according to Newman?

  Newspapers devote a lot of attention to reporting stocks and shares, but most of the UK population dont own any
• What are the WC blamed for according to Newman?

  Blamed for poverty and unemployment, and when poverty is discussed, the media talks about statistics instead of human suffering
• How can media stereotypes influence class identity according to Medhurst?

  Showed that when a MC student was shown 'The Royle Family' which featured deliberately exaggerated and stereotypical WC characters, they thought it was an accurate portrayal of WC life
• What does Stuart Hall suggest about the media?

  That it has always portrayed the MC in a positive light and the WC in a negative light. The medias has reinforced peoples class identities which keeps the divide between the classes going strong.