01B3.1.2 Media representations of social class and age Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 4

The 20 questions

1. How is the working class most commonly stereotyped in British tabloid newspapers?

   • As entrepreneurial
   • As philanthropic
   • As intellectual
   • As criminal

2. Which derogatory term was popularised by the media to stereotype benefit claimants and the working class?

   • Boho
   • Chav
   • Yuppie
   • Hipster

3. What sociological concept describes how the media focuses on the conspicuous consumption of the elite?

   • Pluralist eye
   • Class gaze
   • Feminist lens
   • Media gaze

4. Which social group is often portrayed by the media as a drain on state resources and benefit scroungers?

   • Underclass
   • Technocrats
   • Bourgeoisie
   • Aristocracy

5. How are middle-class families typically represented in mainstream advertising and sitcoms?

   • As exotic
   • As impoverished
   • As deviant
   • As the norm

6. Which media format is most likely to offer complex, sympathetic portrayals of working-class communities?

   • Period drama
   • High fantasy
   • Social realism
   • Corporate news

7. What term does Wayne et al. use to describe how the media reduces working-class youth to a monolith?

   • Moral anchors
   • Cultural heroes
   • Folk devils
   • Elite guardians

8. An article blames unemployment entirely on individual laziness rather than economic recession. What is this?

   • Marxist analysis
   • Class solidarity
   • Blaming victim
   • Structural critique

9. A television soap opera portrays a wealthy city banker as inherently corrupt. What media process is this?

   • Symbolic annihilation
   • Hyper-reality
   • Class inversion
   • Tokenistic inclusion

10. A newspaper focuses heavily on luxury holiday homes of millionaires while ignoring poverty. Which concept applies?

    • Cultural pluralism
    • Hyper-visibility
    • Symbolic annihilation
    • Empirical parity

11. A sitcom features a clumsy, unintelligent working-class father married to a clever wife. Which trope is this?

    • Wise patriarch
    • Noble savage
    • Tragic hero
    • Dumb buffoon

12. Which age group is most frequently represented in UK news media as a threat to public order?

    • Toddlers
    • Pensioners
    • Youth
    • Middle-aged

13. How are older people (elderly) traditionally stereotyped in television advertisements?

    • As infirm
    • As rebellious
    • As tech-savvy
    • As radical

14. What term describes the invisibility or patronising portrayal of older women in mainstream fashion magazines?

    • Double standard
    • Age inversion
    • Generation gap
    • Youth bias

15. Which age group does the media often trivialise as narcissistic and obsessed with social media?

    • Toddlers
    • Infants
    • Teenagers
    • Octogenarians

16. A news report portrays a group of hoodie-wearing teenagers as a dangerous gang. What concept does this show?

    • Structural pluralism
    • Moral panic
    • Cultural diffusion
    • Media convergence

17. An insurance advert features an active, adventurous 75-year-old skydiving. What emerging trend is this?

    • Positive ageing
    • Elderly erasure
    • Youth purging
    • Geriatric decline

18. A retirement community marketing campaign uses vibrant imagery and active seniors. What media strategy is this?

    • Symbolic erasure
    • Niche targeting
    • Class inversion
    • Broadcasting

19. Which specific age group is often framed by tabloid newspapers as vulnerable and in need of protection?

    • Children
    • Middle-aged
    • Pensioners
    • Teenagers

20. Which age group is predominantly associated with moral panics regarding knife crime in tabloids?

    • Toddlers
    • Middle-aged
    • Youth
    • Elderly

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