Working C Disadvantage In The Media

Question 1

What did Price say?

Answer 1

• developed concept of poverty porn
• describe tv programmes such as channel 4s benefit street
• led to underclass being exploited by the media to shock and entertain audiences
• encourages the underclass to he condemned by the middle and upper classes

Question 2

What did Jones say?

Answer 2

• discusses use of word chav (council house and violent) and explains this has become a way of describing working class culture and people eg. Little Britain
• developed concept of chavtainment to describe shows that portray a negative view of working class as bigoted, slothful and aggressive
• changed views of working class people being the salt of the earth to the scum of the earth

Question 3

What did Milliband say?

Answer 3

• media is the new opium of the people
• distracts the working class from real social issues faced in a capitalist society
• eg. Tik tok encourages mindless scrolling distracting from exploitation