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• 1.
  Representation of workingclass
• 2.
  Eastenders Cockney accent– stereotypical working class dialect. Graffiti – connotates a run down city, vandalism, yob culture. Run down businesses – laundrette/café/ market – represents the poorer end of incomes, self employed businesses. Strong, dominant female characters – Janine/ Lauren – street confrontation, no shame, not afraid to publicly express feelings, bitchy characters.
• 3.
  Darren has socialmobility – trying to improve his standard of living and employability. Vanessa and Jodie – previously middle class – trying to maintain middle class lifestyle without a steady income. Arthur – trying to earn a living as his middle class father has lost his job – doesn’t want to work towards better employment; wants money. Dysfunctional families – Butcher family – Mother in prison, daughter prostitute, son excluded from school, clever daughter.
• 4.
  Brookside Accent –from Liverpool; stereotypically working class area. Channel 4’s first soap. Economic threat – job cuts/ people on dole – usually associated with working class. Rape/Murder storylines. Tolerance of homosexuals. Youth culture – graffiti in houses
• 5.
  Middle class suspiciousof working class – living in same estate – supposed threat to lifestyle and possessions. Housing looks middle class – working class families aspiring for a better lifestyle. Aimed at a working class audience – can relate to issues discussed in the show. Decline in industry – reflects social problems at the time – sense of realism. Aim was to create a programme that reflected Britain in the 1980s.
• 6.
  Old Coronation StreetTheme music – northern brass band Audience predominantly female Strong female characters – Ena Sharples/ Barmaid. Typical working class – spend a lot of time in the pub. Shop – everything stored behind the counter – insecurities.
• 7.
  The Tanners –loving family, hard up, bad reputation, single mother renown for her affairs. Son - Dennis Tanner – young, angry, ex-convict, thinks society is prejudice against him, unemployed. Stereotypical working class family – son and daughter unemployed, not allowed credit in the shop or pub, untidy house. The Barlows – working class family. Son – Ken Barlow – ashamed of being working class – snob at university where he has picked up other values – Ken aspires to get away from his working class background. Family are close – help each other (fixing bike in living room) – Ken is embarrassed by this.
• 8.
  Terraced housing andcobbled streets. Factory workers – mostly female & a homosexual – stereotypical. Modernisation – decoration and neat. Café & pub – stereotypical misé en scene. Accent – Mancs. Deals with current issues – financial issues and domestics. Teenage pregnancy & immigration – current issues.
• 9.
  Strong female characters– barmaids – Becky & Liz – gobby. Liz is an interfering and intimidating lady. Tolerance to gays – Young lesbians and a gay. Ethnic groups running shop – stereotypical portrayal. Tolerance to disabled as well. Ken Barlow – never escaped his working class background. Kevin Webster – Mechanic – working class. Carla – Dominant business woman.
• 10.
  How soaps havechanged: More teenagers actors, dealing with teenage issues. Diversity in other cultures and sexuality. Industrialisation offers job opportunities for women. Aimed at a broader demographic audience. How soaps have stayed the same: Dominant female characters still exist. Deal with domestic and personal problems. Deal with current affairs. Maintain their working class background stereotype.