TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF UNDERCLASS

Question 1

Golding and Middleton

Answer 1

• the notion of moral panics surrounding the underclass.
• welfare issues were not discussed unless they were connected to other social issues such as crime, fraud, sex

Question 2

Baumberg et al

Answer 2

• disproportionate focus on benefit fraud. - 29% of news stories referenced fraud in comparison the governments own estimate is that a mere 0.7% of all benefits claims are fraudulent.
• Common language used to describe benefits as under serving:
  -faking illness
  -Obese
  -immigrants
  -Lazy

Question 3

price

Answer 3

• poverty porn exploits the participants and their lifestyles in order to shock and entertain the audiences