Q6: Why might the working class be underrepresented in media production roles?

C. Barriers to entry like unpaid internships and elite networks

Q4: In the media, how is the upper class typically represented?

B. As glamorous, successful, and cultured

Q9: What show is an example of how the upper class are represented

A: Bridgerton, B: The only way is Essex

Q1: What does the term “media representation” refer to?

C. How the media portrays social groups, events, and issues

10: What do feminists think?

A. The media often ignores the experiences of lower-class women, D. The media often hypersexualises women

Q3: According to Marxist theory, how is the working class often portrayed in the media?

D. As lazy, criminal, or dependent on the state

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Q6: Why might the working class be underrepresented in media production roles?
D. They are overrepresented, not underrepresented
B. There are no training opportunities
A. They choose not to work in media
C. Barriers to entry like unpaid internships and elite networks
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Q5: Which sociological theory sees media as a tool used by the ruling class to maintain ideological control?
C. Postmodernism
D. Feminism
A. Marxism
B. Functionalism
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Q8: What show is an example of how the middle class are presented
B: Shameless
A: The simpsons
D: The only way is essex
C: Bridgerton
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Q4: In the media, how is the upper class typically represented?
B. As glamorous, successful, and cultured
C. As lazy and unmotivated
A. As criminal and dangerous
D. As uneducated and humorous
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Q9: What show is an example of how the upper class are represented
C: Shameless
A: Bridgerton
B: The only way is Essex
D: The simpsons
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Q1: What does the term “media representation” refer to?
B. How the media provides entertainment
D. How media companies are owned and run
C. How the media portrays social groups, events, and issues
A. How people are educated by the media
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10: What do feminists think?
A. The media often ignores the experiences of lower-class women
B. Women are treated the same as men
C. The media presents lower class women in a good way
D. The media often hypersexualises women
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Q7: What show is an example of how the lower class are presented
A: Shameless
B: Bridgeton
C: The only way is Essex
D: The simpsons
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Q3: According to Marxist theory, how is the working class often portrayed in the media?
A. As intellectual and cultured
D. As lazy, criminal, or dependent on the state
C. As independent and successful
B. As powerful and dominant
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Q2: Which of the following TV genres often reinforce class stereotypes?
C. News forecasts
B. Documentaries
D: Historical dramas
A. Reality TV

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