Media

Question 1

Price

Answer 1

• the concept of poverty porn describes the programmes such as channel 4s benefit street, that exploits the underclass to shock and enterain audiences
• this encourages the underclass to be condemned by the hard working middle and upper classes
• Despite using a discourse analysis to find that the shows were produced and designed for viewers to be empathetic to the underclass, many found their own personal experiences of this group to override the meanings behind the documentary.

Question 2

jones

Answer 2

• chavtainment
• shows that portray a negative view of the working class
• they are descibed as ‘bigoted, slothful and aggressive’
• this has changed the views from working class as being descirbed as ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘scum of the earth’

Question 3

Miliband

Answer 3

• the media is the ‘opium of the people’
• it distracts us as the working class masses from real social issues faced in a capitalist society
• capital society inequality is inevitable

Question 4

• poverty porn: describes the programmes that is exploits the underclass to shock and enterain audiences
• this encourages the underclass to be condemned by the hard working middle and upper classes
• however this makes people more empathetic for the underclass rather than being used as entertainment

Answer 4

Price

Question 5

• chavtainment
• shows that portray a negative view of the working class
• they are descibed as ‘bigoted, slothful and aggressive’
• this has changed the views from working class as being descirbed as ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘scum of the earth’

Answer 5

jones

Question 6

• the media is the ‘opium of the people’
• it distracts us as the working class masses from real social issues faced in a capitalist society
• capital society inequality is inevitable

Answer 6

Miliband