Tuchman - Symbolic annihilation of women, Mulvey - Male gaze, Ferguson - Womens mags about him, home and looking good for him, McRobbie and Garber - Jackie magazine - housewife role, Easthope - Media transmits myth that masculinity is based on strength, aggression, competition and violence, Simpson - Metrosexual man, Gauntlett - Characters 'different but equal' in Friends (gender), Whannel - David Beckham representations as both metrosexual and masculine, Dodd and Dodd - The communal environment shown in Eastenders does not reflect contemporary working class culture, Price - Poverty porn, Golding and Middleton - The media demonises the underclass e.g. generates moral panics about welfare abuse, GUMG - Media reporting of the miners strike showed the middle class mine owners in a more positive light and portrayed the working class miners as aggressive, Nairn - Mistakes by the monarchy are quickly forgotten by the media and replaced with something positive, Reiner - Contemporary representations of people with wealth show them as examples of success within a meritocratic society, Heider - If a victim is poor they don't get as much media coverage,

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