Television Audiences - Cuffs

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Genre

Genre

Genre  definitions eg..
.........-conforming genre?
..........-challenging genre?

Hybridity definition

Codes and conventions of crime dramas
(why crime dramas?)



Sub-genres of crime drama

• Detective crime drama
• Police crime drama
• Crime drama comedy
• Murder mystery
• Cold case (waking the dead)
• Gangster crime dramas (the sopranos)
• Courtroom (judge john deed)
• Serial killers
• Prison style crime dramas (prison break)
• Criminal based (hustle)
• Police soap series (the bill)
• detective drama (broadchurch/ true detective/ sherlock)

watch a bit of one of thee (prison break or sherlock? and say codes and conventions + subgenere

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Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts

Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts

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https://www.sutori.com/story/untitled-02c1-1092

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• Social Context = You have been influenced or affected by events in society e.g..family births/deaths/ moving school/ getting a new pet/ gang took over your area etc...

• Historical Context= Being influenced or effected by things that happened in the past e.g..terrorist attack, war, new prime-minister, tsunami, grenfeld tower

• Cultural Context= Being influenced or effected by... e.g..music/ clothing/ religion/ tv/ film 

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What is a social, historical, cultural context and how might it influence the media text? (Cuffs)

In 2013 same sex marriage was legalised and in 2014 the first same sex marriage occurred.  This part of historical and social context influenced Cuffs by having a homosexual character, and have this part of the characters identity shown as 'normal' and perfectly acceptable. In Cuffs, the audience knows that homosexuality is represented as acceptable because when Jake comes out, Ryan did not react at all. The fact that same sex marriage was legalised around the time of the making of cuffs, influenced cuffs by showing their acceptance. They also may have included a gay character because it was probably an 'exciting' or hot topic around the time.

In 2010, there was a rise of migrants and immigrants in the 2010's, with polish migrants of the highest population (2.4%). Cuffs featured a scene in which a polish female character shoplifts. The social and cultural context of the rise of polish migrants influenced cuffs to include a polish character. Cuffs represented this character as a criminal and crazy as she begins to strip on the streets. This most likely does no good as it feeds into or creates a stereotype of immigrants and migrants being criminals, or 'uncleanly'. This can even alter the audiences political view on the matter.

During the time of the making of Cuffs, the death rate from drug misuse increased rapidly to an astonishingly high statistic. The character 'Ryan' who was a suicidal man on drugs was most likely influenced by this statistic. 

Analyse how representation is used in the episode to create meaning for a mainstream pre-watershed audience

Analyse how representation is used in the episode to create meaning for a mainstream pre-watershed audience

Jake, is represented as a newbie white, homosexual, male police officer. We know that he identifies as gay because he blaitently stated "I'm gay" to Ryan, and didn't receive a reaction at all, which is a good thing because it shows that being part of the LGBTQ+ community is perfectly normal, therefore young closeted homosexuals may have a boost of confidence in not just coming out, but accepting or even embracing their sexuality. Jake challenges the stereotype of homosexual men because he is not particularly 'feminine', he has a well built physique, and he's police officer which is a profession that automatically puts him in a place of power and responsibility. 

Also, as this is a Crime Drama for a pre-watershed audience, there are bound to be much younger viewers who haven't even worked themselves out possibly overseeing their parents or older siblings watching Cuffs. This means that the next generation would have grown up with the idea that being homosexual does not need to have a reaction, which eventually sets up their children and further generations on with an accepting outlook on different sexualities stereotype free.