Audience feedback/primary research

1. Results
Taylor Sabga

2. This question was important
because I wanted to see what
the most popular soap opera
was. From the question I can
see that the most popular
soap opera was a tie between
Hollyoaks and Eastenders as
they got 3 responses each.
I feel that these two soap
operas appeal to young adults
which the majority of people
who surveyed are under the
age of 21. As well as being
high profile long running soaps
that get a lot of magazine
spaces. The results were what
I expected this is because I
think Hollyoaks and
Eastenders are stereotypically
watched by teenagers which is
the majority of people who
answered the survey.

3. In question 2 I can see that
people would expect drama
from a soap opera, also people
expect drama, romance and
conflict from a soap opera
drama. From the question I can
see that people would expect
to see drama from a soap
opera I think this is because in
soap operas everything is
dramatized (stereotypically),
viewers like to escape reality
and watch others people’s
drama. It is also a form of
escapism.

4. In question 3 I asked what gender
do they think soap operas appeal
to, 83% said that it appeals to a
female audience, I think this is
because the themes raised in shows
such as Eastenders appeal to a
female audience. This can suggest
that women prefer watching more
complex programs compared to
men who stereotypically prefer
watching more linear programs
with basic plots.

5. In question 4 I asked people if they
watch soap operas, 3 of the six
people said that they rarely watch
soap operas, I think this is because
soap operas appeal to young adults
aged above 21 years old. However
two people said that they never
watch soap operas and only two
people said that they regularly
watch soap operas.

6. From the responses to this
question, half of the responses
suggests that soap operas are
dominated by females. Also no one
answered ‘no’, this can connote
that no one who answered the
survey believes that soap operas
are dominated by men. In addition

7. In question 6 I asked what type
of narrative they would expect
to see in a soap opera, the
majority of people who
answered said they would
expect a multi-stranded
narrative which means more
than one storyline in the show
occurring at once.

8. In question 7 I asked people what
aspects appeal to them the most in
a soap opera, people expected
drama and action and did not
expect romance or crime. However
3 people said they would expect all
of the above in a stereotypical soap
opera like Eastenders.

9. In question 8 I asked what age
group do they expect to watch soap
operas, people who I surveyed said
that they expect young adults to
watch soap operas, I think they said
this because the themes raised in
certain soap operas appeal to
young adults. No one said that the
elderly, teenagers or young children
stereotypically watch soap operas.