studio practice: BBC News- What class are you? 2013

Monday, 13 March 2017

Emergent service class. - I took the test myself and this was the result I got . It states that the people in this group are young, enjoy a cultured social life , rent their houses - almost 90%. Which dose make sense but looking at the responses of others who took the test it is obvious that society as a whole could have said that there are embedded prejudices towards social class.

Elite:
'I'm a member of the elite. the country's properly gubbed of that's the case. I can't even spell cavyar.'

Established middle:
' I'm uneasy about taking this class calculator. If i'm middle class, i'll fill a 4x4 with organic pesto and drown myself.'
Technical middle:
' I'm technical middle class, which means I shop at wait rose but then feel guilty. '

New affluent workers:
'Not sure how to make tiny pension cover cost of latest heating oil bill, but am new affluent worker . ' apparently'.

Traditional working class :
'Despite being public school and oxford, I scored as traditional working class. Dimond Geezer too ?'

Precariat:
' came out as precariat , despite going to the theatre. Let nobody tell you culture is elitist.'

'Classes are bundles of economic, cultural and social capital that convey advantage for individuals and families from one generation to the next.'
French sociologist , pierre bour dieu first developed this approach in 1984. Suggested that there are different types of capitals which give people an advantage in life.
ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL.
There aim -' We wanted to find a detailed ways of measuring how much economic cultural and social capital people possess.'
161,458 people look part in the survey. 90% of participants described themselves as 'white'.'

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