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TV broadcasters 'failing to represent society' says Ofcom report Source: BBC News  According to Ofam, Tv broadcasters are failing to “represent society with a lack of diversity among staff.  The broadcasting watchdog says women, ethnic minority groups and disabled people are all under-represented.  The chief executive Sharon White stated that many of the "shocking" results will "concern the whole industry". Ofcom have been monitoring broadcasting channels and said that they can improve.Sharon white goes on to saying that the reports “ paints a worrying picture, with many broadcasters failing properly to monitor the make-up of their employees" She also said that "too many people from minority groups struggle to get into television", which "creates a cultural disconnection between the people who make programmes, and the many millions who watch them.” other information from bbc news  TV 'not authentic enough' The ...

Black mirror is a TV series produced by Charlie Booker which he goes into the problems of our modern world. Episode 1 - The National Anthem Episode 1 Shows Prime Minister Michael Callow facing a huge and shocking dilemma involved him performing an inappropriate act with a pig to free Princess Susannah, a member of the Royal Family that has been kidnapped. I think the message behind this episode is to show how powerful the Internet and social media can be and how you can use it for good and bad. The episode also shows the prime minister being forced to do something that he really did not want to but was peer pressured by the society to do what they thought was right, another major factor was when practically the whole world was glued to the screen which lead to them not realising that the princess had been released 30min early which shows how much the media brain washes people. I didn't like this episode because it was quite all ov...

Explore how women are represented in the TV shows  EastEnders  and  Hollyoaks   EastEnders  is a British soap opera that has been broadcasted on BBC One since 1985 , which was created by Julia smith  and Tony Holland. Since The c reation of EastEnders there have  been thousands of storylines highlighting various different issues that happen in  day-to-day  life.  Hollyoaks is  also  another soap opera that was broadcasted on channel 4 in 1995 that was created by Phil Redmond.  I have decided to conduct my research on how women are represented in the TV shows Hollyoaks and  EastEnders because  I think that the  way  women are shown in soap operas is very stereotypical There are a  numerous amounts  of  representations  of women in these two TV   shows, which  are mostly   the  stereotypes  of women  yet there are  a  still a  few...

British cinema's gender imbalance worse in 2017 than 1913, says BFI study According to the guardian  The filmography, which analyses more than 10,000 films and 250,000 cast and crew members, reveals that less than 1% of films made between 1913 and 2017 had a majority female crew and only 7% since 2000; only 4.5% of all films have been directed by a woman; and the most popular word in British film titles is “man”, appearing 211 times. “Woman” appears 71 times. Kate Dickie, is known to the filmography as the most credited female actor of the current time  said she was astonished by the statistics she stated “I thought things were getting better and this is horrifically depressing,” she said. “Why is it such a battle? It is not getting better quick enough.”  Also according to the guardian " When it comes to character, stereotypes persist. No woman ever has been cast as an unnamed police sergeant or police inspector in a British film – but women make up 94...

62 year old man collapsed and died after a blazing war of words with teens in Wood Green Source: The Sun 62 year old Joseph Kelly was found unconscious after a midnight argument. He was later taken to hospital but later died. It’s believed the welder had recently suffered “generally poor recent health, but a special post-mortem examination failed to establish a definitive cause of death. While awaiting the results of further tests, detectives are now keen to trace two teens they believe were involved in a row on Moselle Avenue with the man before his death. according to the daily mail the death is not being treated as a homicide. This news article is a representation of Age https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3398679/man-62-collapsed-and-died-after-a-blazing-war-of-words-with-teens-in-wood-green/

Sainsbury Christmas Advert The Christmas advert shows a hardworking dad trying to make sure his family have the best Christmas. I think the meaning behind the advert is to show the importance of family and friends and how you should make time to spend with them. The representations that have been presented are : Event - which is Christmas. Gender- we see the dad being represented in a positive light because of the way he tried to find away to spend more time with his family, because usual stereotypes would be that men care more about work then spending there time with their own families. Ethnicity- The family shown is from two different cultural backgrounds. The this girl can advert show women are physically doing things such as swimming, netball, boxing , bike riding , jogging to show girls to not be afraid to do anything they want , it also shows women breaking out of the stereotypes that only men can do certain sports such as boxing. The sole purpose of the ad...