Social Class Representation

Created by

Mia S

Cards (11)

class rep meritocracy
Reiner
argues the media tends to portray the UK as meritocratic where talent and hard work is amply rewarded
class rep monarchy
Nairn
the media never portrays the UC in a critical light - the monarchy is seen as nice and ordinary
class rep rep of wc
Newman
argues there is few rep in dramas of wc life which constitutes a significant amount if British life
class rep under representation
Butsch and Glennon
wc families were grossly and persistently under represented compared to their proportion of the nations population
class rep stereotypes
Butsch
found stereotypes within media of the different social classes
the wc male is incompetent and a buffoon, well intentioned but dumb - Homer Simpson - he fails in his role as a father, is lovable but not respected
class rep a problem
Newman
notes that when the news focuses on the working class it tends to label them as a problem e.g welfare dependent, drug addicts and criminals
from a Neo marxist perspective this is no surprise as the media is trying to split the working class and maintain ideological dominance
class rep undeserving poor
Shildrick and McDonald
media is another way is to suggest that the poor is undeserving of public sympathy
class rep chav
Hayward and Yar
the label chav is now used by the media as a familiar and amusing term of abuse for young and poor people
class rep chav
Lawler - believes the term chav has been imposed on the wc
Webster - notes that the representation of the poor as 'chavs' define them as social scum and thus reduce public concern for this group
class rep poverty as entertainment
McKendrick
during a content analysis of mainstream media output and found little coverage of the causes and consequences of poverty
programmes often use poverty as an aspect of entertainment - Jeremy Kyle
class rep capitalism
Cohen
argues the media is so concerned about telling us the benefits of capitalism, it often ignores the causalities