Different classes are stereotypically represented in different ways in the Media

Representation of the W.C

us on servitude (slavery), poverty and criminality

dependency, unemployment, violence and sexual promiscuity.

Recurrent themes, from news reports, through documentaries, to entertainment shows, represent the
W.C as :

o be feared because of their unpredictability

Dependent on both the state and the tolerance and generosity of the M.C and U.C

Representations of W.C rarely focus on their ordinariness or positive aspects and rather focus on the
negative.

Some mass media representations of the W.C are also part of the Ruling Class Ideology

the W.C even

though they are a huge part of the society.

W.C people are usually featured as unflattering or pitying

News org’s label W.C as the problem e.g. as welfare cheats, drug addicts or criminals
W.C youth subcultures are subjected to moral panics.
behavior seen as a threat or challenge to the moral order in society. E.g. Terrorism is considered as a
temporary form of moral panic in Western Societies.

Reporting of issues like poverty, unemployment or single parent families suggest that personal
inadequacy is the main cause of these social problems rather than the Govt policies or poor biz
practices.

s of industrial relations reveal that media portrays

unreasonable
interested in political or social organization of the UK society.

It’s assumed that they only want to read abt celebrity gossip & lifestyles, sports etc

Capitalism.

Representations of Poverty & the underclass

workers as making trouble for reasonable

employers.