The document discusses potential topics for a coursework presentation, assessing that domestic violence, celebrity idolization, and unvalued youth were good topics while arranged marriages and the London Olympics were overcovered. It also provides statistics and information about domestic violence, its impact on victims and children, and the cycle of violence.

1. Assignment 8: Individual
Coursework presentation
Draft 2

2. What did we think of your topics?
Original and well thought out. However, some were better than
others.
What topics were good and realistic? Why?
• Domestic violence
• Celebrity idolisation
• Unvalued youth in the UK
Relevant participants will be within my reach and the topics are
enigmatic.

3. What topics were weak and not realistic? Why?
• Arranged marriages
• London Olympics 2012
• London Riots
Many documentaries covered arranged marriages
and there is no longer a buzz surrounding 2012
Olympics

5. What is domestic violence?
Domestic violence is the pattern of violent
behaviour by one partner to another in an
intimate relationship for example
cohabitation, family or marriage.
Types of domestic violence
• Physical
• Verbal
• Emotional

6. Endless cycle of violence
Incident
Verbal or physical
Calm Tension Building
Abuser acts like the abuse never happened.
Physical abuse may not be taking place and Abuser starts to get angry/ start of
promises made during 'making-up' may be met. abuse/ communication
Victim may hope that the abuse is over breakdown/victims feels the need to
Abuser may give gifts to the victim calm abuser down/ overwhelming
tension/ Victim gets nervous
Reconciliation
Abuser apologises for abuse/promise it will
never be repeated. Abuser may deny violence
occurred or that the victim is exaggerating.
Abuser may even blame victim for actions

7. Male Domestic Violence Victims
Statistics:
• The police receive a 999 call every three minutes from
a male victim
• 1 in 6 men will experience Domestic Violence in their
life
• Every third victim of Domestic Violence is a man
• Domestic Violence equates to nearly 25% of all
reported violent crimes
• 9% of all reported violent crimes are Domestic
Violence cases involving male victims
• Approximately 4 million men are affected every year
by domestic violence
• Practically the same percentage of men and women
are victims of severe acts of Domestic Violence.

8. Female Domestic Violence Victims..
Statistics
• Every 9 seconds in the USA a woman is assaulted or
beaten
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to
women (more than muggings and car accidents)
• 1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence in
their lifetime – many of these on a number of
occasions.
• One incident of domestic violence is reported to the
police every minute.
• On average, 2 women a week are killed by a current or
former male partner.

9. Domestic violence also affect several
children..
Here are some statistics..
• A large majority witness abuse: "In relationships where there is
domestic violence, children witness about 3/4 of the abusive
incidents." This equals at least 750,000 children in the UK per year.
• In 75% to 90% of incidents of domestic violence, children are
in the same or the next room. (Hughes, 1992; Abrahams,
1994).
• Behavioural problems and trauma: Children who live with
domestic violence are at increased risk of behavioural problems and
emotional trauma, and mental health difficulties in adult life.
• 70% of children living in UK refuges have been abused by
their father.
• Studies show that up to 10 million children witness some form
of domestic violence yearly

10. Political and Social Agendas..
Quote from Home Secretary, Mrs May
• “The government is ensuring that the police and other agencies have the tools
necessary to tackle domestic violence to bring offenders to justice and ensure
victims have the support they need to rebuild their lives”
David Cameron VS Gordon Brown
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11. Socio Economic groups
• Numerous studies show that domestic
violence occurs across all socio-economic and
cultural groups
• Although, mainly middle and lower classes
suffer from domestic violence.

12. When victims seek help this is
often the support provided..
Emotional Information
• Simply someone to • referring victims to
talk to local councils &
• Giving victims refuges
confidence • housing and refuge
• Helping victims support
realise they’re not to • reporting incidents
blame • police procedures
• legal services eg
solicitors

13. Likely domestic violence victims will:
• Have poor self-image.
• Tolerate abusive behaviour.
• Be financially and emotionally dependent on the abuser.
• Is unsure of their own needs.
• Have low self-esteem.
• Have the unrealistic belief that they can change the
abuser.
• Feel powerless to stop violence
• Believe that jealousy is proof of love

14. Actual victims tend to..
• Abuse alcohol or other substances.
• Have been previously abused.
• Be pregnant
• Be poor and have limited support.
• Have partners who abuse alcohol or other substances.
• Have left their abuser.
• Have requested a restraining order against the abuser.
• Be members of ethnic minority or immigrant groups.
• Have traditional beliefs that women should be submissive to
men.
• Not speak English.

15. Domestic violence incidents
5
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5 domestic
Million violence
2 incidents
1.5
1
0.5
0
1981 1987 1993 1997 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

16. Summary
• The highest amount of domestic violence incidents
(4.5m) was in 1993.
Possible reason: Patriarchal society
• Its dropped since then but in 2011 its gone back up
again.
Possible reason: Although there are more equal
relationships, hardships eg finance could be causing
stress and violence

17. DEVELOPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TOPIC..
A) The purpose of the documentary is to give
people a greater knowledge on the topic and
help available through support centres and
refuges.
B) People would learn about the different reasons
why abusers become violent towards their
partner.
C) The audience would want to learn about this
topic as they or their friends might have suffered
from domestic violence.

18. D) Audience: 20 – 50 year old male and females
Ethnicity: British and minority ethnic groups, Interests:
crime/factual television, debating and socialising
Target Audience: 20 – 35 year old male and females Ethnicity:
British and minority ethnic groups, Interests: crime/factual
television, debating and socialising
E) The documentary will be participatory as charity
workers, victims and their families will be interviewed.
Persuasive because the documentary will encourage sufferers
to do the right thing and seek help.

19. F) Episode 1: Men abusing their partners –
reasons why and women refuges that are
available, ethnic and social groups
Episode 2: Women abusing their partners –
needs to be given the same attention no matter
how unusual, ethnic and social gropups
Episode 3: Life after seeking help – are
relationships rekindled, restraining
orders, accommodation etc

20. G) What channel would it be put on?
BBC1 because..
• the channel broadcasts numerous crime based topics
• firm tradition of persuasive documentary story-telling
the channel ranges from softer to more gripping
formats

21. TOPIC 1 INTERVIEWS

22. CELEBRITY IDOLISATION RESEARCH
Why do people idolise celebrities?
For a number of people they are more than just
public figures, they have become their role
models and people they want to be. With the
support of the internet and other
technologies, celebrities have been brought
into everybody’s houses.

23. Ordinary VS
Extraordinary
• Their lives are a HUGE contrast in comparison
to the daily routine of regular people.
• That’s what attracts people to celebrities and
forms the respect. Leading to extreme
idolisation and imitation of their behaviour.

24. Narcissistic Idolisation
• Researcher Heinz Kohut says “idolisation is a
developmentally appropriate response to being
a child“ and “adolescents engage in idolisation in
order to compensate for the narcissistic injury of
the inevitable failure of one's parents to live up
to their child's lofty needs and desires.”
• This suggests that because that because parents
aren’t the epic figure children aspire to, they
avert focus to people living up to their
expectations by leading extremely lavish lives.

25. The changing
types of
audience..

26. DEVELOPING CELEBRITY IDOLISATION
What are the audience evolving to be? What role do
they play in the celebrity phenomenon?
Media audiences are frequently considered as being inactive
recipients of the information and entertainment that was passed
down by media establishments. Nowadays audiences are much
more active and media establishments encourage this
participation.

27. The audience as ‘Props’
• Traditional methods for example quiz shows and
documentaries which follow the normal lives of
ordinary people have always needed audience
participation.
• In the 1960s and 70s an example of a popular TV
show is The Golden Shot. Many quiz and game
shows of the time had members of the public
participating as competitors.

28. The Audience as ‘Curiosities’
• In the 1970s the main focus of successful
shows was to investigate consumer health or
issues
• Great concern & consideration was shown to
audiences
• Example: That’s Life

29. The Audience as ‘Content’
• Participating audience provided the show’s
content
• You’ve Been Framed was based around
audience members submitting home
videos, could be the originator of Youtube.
• Youtube now uses audience to provide
content eg Robert’s Web C4: 2010

30. The Audience as ‘Subjects’
• A popular format in the 90s was a fly on the wall series called
‘docusoap’. Many of these shows focused on work
environments ie Driving School and Airports.
• These shows had a few breakout characters, through being a
participating audience they became celebrities.
• Early examples of the convention of reality television that
some participants are provided with platform to move from
being an audience member to being a celebrity

31. Audience Participation – Big Brother
Powerful Powerless
The producers of the • Controls who appears by • Cant completely control the
holding auditions way participants behave or
show • Creates specific the relationships they form
representations of • Cant control the way
contestants through audience vote
selective editing
• Constructs situation to
manipulate who’s up for
eviction
Audience • Can select who stays or goes • Cant always identify how
by voting during eviction much editing may be
• Can choose not to watch manipulating the perception
programme if its not of characters
entertaining enough
Participants • They can alter behaviour in • They are unaware how they
an attempt to make are being presented by the
themselves more popular institution or the tabloid
press
Press • They can choose to • They cannot directly
represent contestants as influence the contestants
‘villains’, ‘victims’, ‘heroes’ activities in the house
etc

32. Evolution of boy bands

33. • The boy band phenomenon all started with
the "mania" surrounding The Beatles and the
latest boy band One Direction have now been
made into action figures and other advertising
forms, boy bands are changing.
• Over the past 50 years, there have been a
number of coordinated, harmonizing boy
bands, each of them just a bit different from
the previous.

34. The audience are more interactive with the boy
bands nowadays because of..
• Meet and greet concerts
• Social media sharing photos and whereabouts
to fans
• cd/book signings..

35. However audience participation could
be declining..
• Because of the misuse of social networking sites, forms of audience
participation could decrease as not all audience agree on audience
participation techniques.

36. Evolution of girl bands

37. • 1950s – several girl bands started to produce
songs that mixed doo wop harmonies and
blues music
• Usually trios or quartets where there any lead
vocalist, the others supported a background
vocal.
• Girl bands flourished during the
1960s, constant presence in bill board charts

38. • Now girl groups are being formed through
talent shows such as Girls Aloud and Little
Mix.
• The audience now have a say in how girl
bands progress and their formation

39. Importance of franchises..
• Celebrities rely on franchises for consecutive work
like Indiana Jones and Harry Potter.
• Successful movie franchises means that actors are
expected to reprise their roles for each
sequel, increasing their fame and net worth.

40. Genres
• We mould our view on genres to the celebrities
attached to them
Examples
• Britney Spears would originally be Britney Spears
now it has changed to Rihanna and Black Eyed
Peas
• However because of their image and behaviour
we believe Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas to be
R&B/Hip Hop

41. Celebrity Case Studies

42. Marilyn Monroe
• An American actress, model and singer. Starting
off as a model then got a film contract with 20th
century Fox for which she is most known for.
• She started off the label ‘blonde bombshell’
• She’s still well known for her beauty and
intellect, many still get inspiration from her
quotes.

43. • She’s still a celebrity brand 50 years after her
death
• However audience participation didn’t start
until after her legacy

44. Kim Kardashian
• Didn’t find fame through talent but instead a leaked
video, showing how media now has a lot to play in initial
stardom
• Audience is very participatory in her daily life as she and her
family members have a string of reality tv shows including
Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kourtney and Kim Take New
York etc

45. DEVELOPING TOPIC 2
• The purpose of the documentary is to inform viewers
on what it really means to be a celebrity nowadays
and how audience participation is changing.
• Viewers would learn about how faster and increasing
access to media nowadays means audience are more
participatory in celebrity’s lives.

46. • Viewers would want to watch this because almost everybody
interacts with social media and is an audience to some kind of
celebrity and would want to learn more about celebrity and
audience.
• Audience: 14-22 year old females, any type of
ethnicity, interested in social networking
sites, blogging, watching film and television
• Participatory as the documentary will be based on interviews
with psychologists, sociologists and public. Also, footage will
be played back of celebrity events etc

47. Episode 1: changing genres, movie
franchises, celebrity idolisation theories etc
Episode 2: What does it really meant to be a
celebrity? Celebrities then and now (case studies)
etc
Episode 3: how audiences have changed in how
participatory they are (tv shows, concerts, social
network etc)

48. What I learnt from interviews
• Some thoughts on topics were very similar
and some were extremely contrasting
• Locational factors should be included in
domestic violence documentary
• The public would be more insightful for
interviews in both topics

49. Chosen topic!
Celebrity & Audience because..
• Victims and abusers wouldn’t be comfortable
to be interviewed discussing their violent
relationships
• Target audience for domestic violence
documentary was too broad
• Celebrity and audience would be a more
unique and interesting topic