London to Brighton and Coronation Street

STAGE ONE 

Similarities in British values

• Based in England - no other similarities

Differences in British values

•  Accents
• dress
• different times
• the setting looked more fake in coronation street
• the speech was unclear in coronation street (audio)
• they were doing day to day things in coronation street, very PG whereas in London to brighton it deals with the 'rougher' subjects such as prostitution and shows alot of violence.
• in coronation street they value their safety in their street and in London to brighton they value money.

How do ideas and values operating in the text connect with debates of struggles over meanings in UK society at the time of the texts production?

• Edward Heath was the prime minister in 1970-1974. In the 70's Britain converted from decimals to currency because they joined the EEC. the role of women in the workplace was in the process of changing. you see women working in coronation street, in the shop and pub. In coronation they are dealing with a theif and are wanting to catch him to keep their belongings and shops safe.
• In 2006, 1.42 million offenders were sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. The majority of these offenders, 80 per cent, were male and of these 7 per cent were aged
  under 18. In London to Brighton 2 women are trying to escape getting killed after killing someone because of child prostitution. 

 STAGE TWO

Find a negative and positive review of London to Brighton.

Negative: - couldnt find a bad review
Positive: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/dec/01/drama

How could these reviews influence audience opinion

These reviews can influence whether people actually watch the film and create their expectations of what they are going to see this may change their impressions when they watch the film because they know what to expect or they may completely disagree , these reviews could also put people off watching it and cause them not to watch it for themselves. These reviews ultimately could control what films are popular and what films are unpopular.

How useful are the uses and gratifications theory/hypodermic needle model/cultivation theory in understanding audiences responses to media representation?

 These models help us understand because they show how reviews can manipulate audiences