Do you believe that the media is responsible for continuing to create a stereotypical representation of class?

Do you believe that the media is responsible for continuing to create a stereotypical representation of class?

I personally believe that the media is responsible, firstly i'm going to write about the film 'The Angels Share'. The main characters in this film are working class citizens, at first their represented as people committing crimes, this is shown by the characters being chased in a run down area, at the very start of the trailer. They're also dressed in tracksuits, people normally refer them as 'Chavs'. Afterwards it shows the character in a court room, which also backs up the theory of the working class always getting in trouble. So just by the first 30 seconds in this trailer, the media creates a big representation of the working class, it shows the audience that the working class are criminals who live in run down areas. The next film i'm going to write about to back up this statement is Attack the Block, it's all about a group of teenagers who try to defend their block from an alien invasion, these characters are all from the working class, they're also shown as 'Chavs' who commit crimes all the time. They're also shown as uneducated people from the way they speak, the characters use slang throughout the whole film. It also shows them living in a run down council flat area, which gives the audience the impression that they don't have much money. A complete opposite example from both of the above would be Downton Abbey, the media shows these people as upper class citizens, this is shown by several ways, firstly the way their dressed. Their dressed smartly, in suits etc. Secondly the way they speak, it's formal English. This gives the audience the impression that their well educated. Thirdly the location it's filmed at, upper class big houses. A completely different example of upper class would be the TV program Doctors. Doctors themselves tend to be upper class, they're shown as people who dress up smartly, speak in formal English, but also have a separate life outside the work place. As in, they still do things which are down by other classes, for example go out for social events in public places like pubs. So this gives the audience the impression that upper class people still do day to day things which are done by other classes. This is different compared to my other example of upper class representation, because back when Downton Abbey was set, each class did different activities, went to different social events etc. So overall i believe that the media is responsible for continuing to create a stereotypical representation of class, simply because of the way people speak, act, and dress in TV programs or films nowadays.