social class Flashcards
(15 cards)
Traditional media reps of upper class - Nairn
Media reps the monarchy as a family like us but not like us, their lives are a soap opera. E.g. prince Lewis has photography skills.
Traditional media reps of middle class - Leech
Their life is the ideal life as presented in the media. They are a ‘cereal packet family’. It was a socially constructed model of what the family should be.
Traditional media reps of working-class - Newman
Few films give a realistic image of everyday life.The w/c are stereotyped and labelled in an unflattering light.There presented a creating their own problems, the system isn’t at fault.
Traditional media reps of working-class - Dodd and Dodd
Examined Eastenders, which shows traditional notion of working class communities, but it is not an accurate rep.
Traditional media reps of working-class - Jones
Demonization of working class book, shows that ‘chav’ has been used to condemn the w/c. The concept of ‘containment’ portrays negative view.
Traditional media reps of the underclass - Golding and Middleton
Examined moral panics through content analysis, welfare issues only were discussed when linked to crime,fraud or sex
Traditional media reps of the underclass - Price
‘poverty porn’ described exploiting lifestyles of Channel 4 of participants to shock and entertain audiences
Traditional media reps of the underclass - Baumberg et al
He researched ‘Benefits Stigma in Britain’, analysed articles, and found that they focused on benefit fraud. there was a shared language used to describe benefits as underserving.
changing media reps of upper class - Nairn
The upper class are now presented in a cruel way no longer positive.
changing media reps of upper class - Reiner
Recent media shows them as hardworking, successful and meritocratic (society rewards people for their skills) their success is celebrated
changing media reps of middle class - Draper
The new middle-class lifestyle is diverse, there is a super-elite end and a low-level end which are vastly different but defined as m/c.
Changing media reps of working class - Devereux
More positive/realistic portrayals of w/c, where they are happy and deserving poor. He argued that ‘the royle family’ is a good way of depicting this as it does not make life on befits look negative.
Changing media reps of working-class - Dodd and Dodd
Soap operas show traditional views of w/c but Eastenders has diverted this by being more realistic, by showing issues like drug, sex, and abuse, relationship issues.
Changing media reps of underclass - Price
Argued from a discourse analysis from ‘Benefit Street’ they present characters as decent and compassionate in an unfair society.
Representations of class are changing - Postmodernist
they argue we have a choice over what media we consume. Media reps changing because we don’t have to look at traditional media reps cause there is a diverse range.
