MEDIA SOCIOLOGISTS (CLASS & AGE)) Flashcards
Who argued that monarchy converted most people to their supporters because after WW2 they reinvented themselves as a family who happens to be royal
Naim
Who argued that media focuses very positively on wealthy’s lifestyles?
Newman
Who argued poverty is marginal in the UK mainstream media?
McKendrick
Which organisation argued media representations reflect the interests of the powerful because it doesn’t discuss inequality?
Glasgow University Media Group - GUMG
Who argued that the term ‘chav’ has become a way of m/c securing their identity through the sense of superiority?
Lawler
Who argued that media creates an impression that poor are poor because of their own failings? - the undeserving poor
Shildrick et al
Who argued working class are symbolically annihilated and are mostly depicted in dramas and soaps?
Gerbner
Who argued there aren’t many dramas focusing on the lives of the working class despite this group being a significant section of society
Newman
Who argued newspapers aimed at w/c assume they are not interested in serious analysis, political or social news?
Curran and Seaton
Who argued media gives an impression that ‘we’re all middle class now’?
Own Jones
Who argued taste is used as a symbol of class identity? Anothing not considered middle class is deemed as an inferior taste
Lawler
Who argued media uses offensive terms to socially stigmatise the underclass, calling them white trash?
Lawler
Which organisation outlined 7 stereotypes about children?
Headliners
Who argued children are portrayed as motivated by peer relationships and sports?
Heintz-Knowles
Who argued the majority of adverts portray the elderly as ‘golden agers’ who are active and successful?
Lee et al
