Representations of class
- Created by: SabaMasood
- Created on: 21-05-14 02:26
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- Social class
- Upper class: always shown in a positive light, romanticised. Rosy picture. As a result of good breeding E.G. Downton Abbey
- Middle class: overrepresented in the media, middle class values are presented as the norm and most journalist are MC so the media reflects their views
- Lower class: (Newman) they are presented in a negative manner and seem illiterate. Poverty **** is on the rise and GUMG's study on the minor strikes shows media is bias
- Upper class: always shown in a positive light, romanticised. Rosy picture. As a result of good breeding E.G. Downton Abbey
- Neo-Marxists: Drip Drip (slowly influenced into accepting middle class norms) and 74% are MC so media is bound to be bias
- Traditional Marxists: Hypodermic (immediately influenced to believe capitalist ideology) Milliband (opium of the masses) and marcuse (false needs)
- Pluralism: Audience has the control to switch off, Media reflects society and investigative journalists expose the trouth
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