Social Class and Region

Four Stereotypes of Social Class:

• Upper Class
• Middle Class 
• Working Class
• Underclass

Upper Class

• Top of the social and economic hierarchy
• High eduction and at the high end of there occupation 

 Middle Class

• There are between the upper and lower end of the social economy 
• The family is strong and the parents have good jobs earning decent money
• The children are the ones to humour the adults because they are hard working 
• Typically the man is seen as manly and the woman as womanly 
• Families are seen as functional and and strong 

Working Class

• Seen as positive or negative
• Hard working who get little in return
• Low wages 
• Basic eduction 
• Stereotypes that come to mind are lazy and unproductive 
• Males are seen as incompetent, good intentions meant but are dumb
• Also fails in the role of a man, husband and father

Underclass

• Chav 
• Benefits 
• Unemployed
• Violent
• Drug and alcohol effected 
• Broken family

• The media have shown that the dominant class would be the middle class.

- Eccentric - Working
- Hard-working - Working 
- Loyal and community - Middle 
- Natural, honest and down to earth - Middle 
- Comfortable - Middle 
- Pretentious - Upper
- Austere and stiff upper lip - Upper
- Sophisticated & well bred - Upper
- Violent and criminal - Underclass
- Dirty and uncouth - Underclass
- Boring and sheltered - Underclass

Descriptive Words

Upper - Highly educated, rich, posh, snob, wise

Middle - Good lifestyle, enough money to survive on, strong family

Working - Hard working, basic education, lazy, breaking family 

Underclass - Chav, benefits, violent, broken family 

Age

Main Stereotypes of Youth, Adults and Elderly -

Rebellious/Threat oppose to Traditional/Vulnerable
Fetishises - Virility, Beauty, Carefree
Responsible/Authority
Immature/Extended Adolescent



















Sound -

• Youth = loud and aggressive 
• Elder = quite 

MES Stereotypes -

• Youth = hoodies, criminal, emotionally unstable, beauty, sexual
• Elder = fragile, vulnerable, alone, ill, ugly, non-sexual

Camera -

• Youth = handheld, C.U (there intense and dramatic)
• Elder = slow moving, tripod, L.S (shows loneliness and isolation)

Edit -

• Youth = fast pace, frenetic, quick transactions 
• Elder = slow, dissolve transaction, tradition shooting