Agenda (serhan)

Method of learning

1-Introduction

- Introduce ourselves
- Rough outline of treatment


2-General conversation

- Talking to focus group
- Asking questions like "if they watch soap?"

3- Give out handouts

- Which includes information on soaps like Eastenders and coronation street, which also includes most popular storyline which has occurred in the soaps.

- Look through handout, to have a good understanding of the kind of event which occur in soaps.

- Look through the questions on the questionnaire and answer them one by one

4- Discuss violent story lines

- Talk abut the kind of gossip which happens in soaps and what effect does it have on our society today.

- Examples of violent storyline would be for example, Phil in Eastenders knocked out on the floor in blood.

Example of violent story lines

-Eastenders - The fact that every Christmas day someone dies on Eastenders i think really gives the soap a unrealistic view.

- For example-
1- so called "Dirty Den" comes back from the dead and returns to the soap after many years, creating a shocked appearance on the square and also on our screens.
He is later killed off the show by three women that he slept with, close to Christmas day.


-Coronation Street -Tony Gordon attempt to strangle Jed Stone with women's underwear, both of these characters were well respected before greed got in to the equation and also before the characters started arguing about money.

Debatable questions


- Why do soap use domestic violence in there shows?

- And do you think this would effect a young viewer? If yes in what way would it effect them?