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Are there some stories that are just too sensitive for soap operas to cover? Discussed in relation to specific examples from television and/or radio By Nikita Caulkett, Becka Stocks, Vanessa Krug and Cameron Wingate
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  • 1. Discussed in relation to specific examples from television and/or radioBy Nikita Caulkett, Becka Stocks, Vanessa Krug and Cameron Wingate

2. What is it?TV and radio regulationAudience protectionPrivacy protection 3. Working Class lifeFamily, community and social issuesSingle localised spaceDominated by female characters 4. EastEnders 16 million viewers per episode Coronation Street 9.8 million people per episode across the yearOFCOM regulations separate for bothBBCITV 5. The cot death and baby swapControversy throughout the general public Led the actress to leave the show? 6. Mums netHuge number of complaintsDifficult issues 7. Free of charge helpline 8. Recent storyline of a character named Hayley who is diagnosed with cancerAssisted suicide Storyline showed both sides of the 'Right to die' 9. Aimed at a mass audienceStuart Hall: Three ReadingsPreferred, Negotiated and OppositionalDesensitised audienceUsed for audience entertainment 10. InformEducateEntertain 11. Pre-watershedTeenage pregnancy, drug issues and infidelity 12. 'Certain specified hours before which broadcasters should not presume that children will be in the audience and should not therefore be inadvertently exposed to more adult portrayals.' (Blumer, 1992) 13. Bibliography Aron, D, Livingston, S (nd) Eastenders. Available at: http://www.museum.tv/eotv/eastenders.htm (Accessed 23 January 2014) BBC (2013) Coronation Street explores right to die. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23969815 (Accessed 23rd January 2014) BBC (2011) Samantha Womack to leave EastEnders. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12126454 (Accessed 23rd January) Blumler, J (1992) Television and the Public Interest. London: SAGE Publications Miller, T (eds.) (2002) Television Studies. London: British Film Institute Coates, J (2013) Eastenders: Old faces try to bring a smile to the Square. Available at: http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/402679/EastEnders-Old-faces-try-tobring-a-smile-to-the-Square (Accessed 23rd January 2014) Digital Spy (2014) Soaps Ratings Roundups. Available at: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/soapratings/ (Accessed 23rd January 2014) Mumsnet (2011) Mumsnets letter of complaint to the BBC. Available at: http://www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/eastenders-cot-death-story (Accessed 23rd January 2014) 14. Ofcom (2009) Guidances Notes Section 2: Harm and offence. Available at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/guidance/812612/section2.p df (Accessed 27th January 2014) Ofcom (2011) Ofcom warns TV Broadcasters to be more careful around watershed. Available at: http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2011/09/30/ofcom-warns-tvbroadcasters-to-be-more-careful-around-watershed/ (Accessed 27th January 2014) Plunkett, J (2011) Eastenders cleared over baby swap storyline despite 13,400 complaints. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/01/eastenderscleared-baby-swap-storyline (Accessed 23rd January 2014) Saunders, P (2013) Soap opera Coronation Street must handle assisted suicide story with great sensitivity and care. Available at: http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/soapopera-coronation-street-must-handle-assisted-suicide-story-with-great (Accessed 23rd January 2014) Sweeney, K (2011) Why are Coronation Street viewers turning off? Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-andradio/tvandradioblog/2011/jul/11/coronation-street-drop-in-viewers (Accessed 23 January 2014)