Representation of social classes

1. Representation Of Social
Classes
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2. Types of Social Classes
• Working Class- The working Class of which are stereotyped as hard
working, low paid workers. In TV Drama’s the working class show
community values and they do not reflect how it is in reality
• Middle Class – are generally portrayed as well educated and
successful, Newspapers normally aim their articles at Middle Class,
a lot of sitcoms are about middle Class people and families.
• Upper Class- represented through their accents, estates and
stereotypically hunting, in TV Drama’s they are usually represented
in the way they dress, speak and their choice in food.

3. Working Class Represented in TV Dramas
Working Class people are misrepresented in TV
Dramas, the shows shown on TV do not show
reflect the reality of working class people.
On shows like Shameless and Hollyoaks the
working class are represented as benefit
scroungers and people who are unable cope
with their day to day lives. sometimes working
class people are shown going to loan sharks to
borrow money and not be able to pay the
money back. But TV Drama’s over exaggerate
the working class people.

4. How are the Middle Class Represented in TV Drama’s?
• The middle Class are portrayed as successful people and people
who can cope with paying bills and general day to day duties.
Stereotypically in shows middle class families are shown as well
educated and successful group of people, BBC showed a show
called “My Family” which was about a successful father who is a
dentist and who wanted is kids to move out as soon as possible.

5. Upper Class in TV Drama’s
• A lot of TV Dramas are normally represented in Period Dramas
like “Downtown Abbey”. Downtown Abbey is a perfect example
of upper class representation the way they
dress, their manners and the food they eat is
stereotypically the type of the upper class
generally eat.

6. Working Class Clip This clip shows the stereotype for
the working Class, money
problems, hating the queen and
sitting and the Pub with a pint of
beer and living in terracing
housing.

7. Upper Class Clip
The actors which feature in
the downtown abbey clip,
dress smart wearing suits and
classy dresses, and the scene
when the woman is holding a
cup of tea is stereotyped
because she’s holding a
saucer and the cup which we
stereotype the upper class to
do.

8. Middle Class Clip
In this clip from the BBC show “My
Family” shows the family dressing like a
middle class family, and they show no
sign of unable to pay bills or seem to be
in any trouble. The show fits the
stereotype for Middle Class.