1. Discussed in relation to specific examples from
television and/or radio
By Nikita Caulkett, Becka Stocks, Vanessa Krug and Cameron
Wingate

2. ●
What is it?
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TV and radio regulation
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Audience protection
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Privacy protection

3. ●
Working Class life
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Family, community and social issues
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Single localised space
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Dominated by female characters

4. ●
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EastEnders – 16 million viewers per episode
Coronation Street – 9.8 million people per
episode across the year
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OFCOM regulations separate for both
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BBC
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ITV

5. ●
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The cot death and baby
swap
Controversy throughout the
general public
Led the actress to leave the
show?

6. ●
Mums net
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Huge number of complaints
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Difficult issues

7. ●
Free of charge helpline

8. ●
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Recent storyline of a character named Hayley
who is diagnosed with cancer
Assisted suicide
Storyline showed both sides of the 'Right to
die'

9. ●
Aimed at a mass audience
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Stuart Hall: Three Readings
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Preferred, Negotiated and Oppositional
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Desensitised audience
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Used for audience entertainment

10. ●
Inform
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Educate
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Entertain

11. ●
Pre-watershed
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Teenage pregnancy, drug issues and infidelity

12. ●
'Certain specified hours before which
broadcasters should not presume that children
will be in the audience and should not
therefore be inadvertently exposed to more
adult portrayals.' (Blumer, 1992)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23969815 (Accessed 23rd January 2014)
BBC (2011) Samantha Womack to leave EastEnders. Available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12126454 (Accessed 23rd January)
Blumler, J (1992) Television and the Public Interest. London: SAGE Publications
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Coates, J (2013) Eastenders: Old faces try to bring a smile to the Square. Available at:
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Digital Spy (2014) Soaps Ratings Roundups. Available at:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/soapratings/ (Accessed 23rd January 2014)
Mumsnet (2011) Mumsnet’s letter of complaint to the BBC. Available at:
http://www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/eastenders-cot-death-story (Accessed 23rd
January 2014)

14. Ofcom (2009) Guidances Notes Section 2: Harm and offence. Available at:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/guidance/812612/section2.p
df (Accessed 27th January 2014)
Ofcom (2011) Ofcom warns TV Broadcasters to be more careful around watershed.
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