MCROBBIE (2004) (SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE)

- Contemporary British TV often contains 'symbolic violence' against the working class

- These representatins emphasise middle class dominance and depict the working class in very negative ways

Creating a symbolic narrative in order to guide and offer self-improvement to the misguided; helping to redefine their identity. Violence is a symbolic representation/code of the lower social class and the male lower social class. This again helps to create a defining boundary between the middle and lower class; ensuring the dominant ideology of the ruling class.