The programme 'This Sceptred Isle', is very different compared to modern day programmes on television today. It is aparant that a lot has changed within the last 50 years based on roles played by men and women, views about sexuality and the way different ages are portrayed within the media. The entertainment in Britain today has changed compared to the entertainment shown in this programme. For example, Morris dancing was very popular as well as going to the circus. However, Morris dancing is only common in some parts of Britain today such as Cornwall. The lifestyle in Britain has changed and the society is much more multicultural. Programmes such as Eastenders on BBC 1 has a range of different characters; ranging from; Black people, White people, Asians and Homosexuals. Whereas, in this programme the majority of the characters were white, therefore a lot has changed in terms of the different ethnicity's living in Britain today and the different ethnicity's portrayed in the media.
Within the media today a lot of programmes focus on sex, this shows that the topic is more openly spoken about now and is more common. Sexuality is also more positively portrayed in the media than it was in the 1960's. For example, programmes such as 'Sun, sex and suspicious parents' focuses on what people aged 18+ get up to on their holidays which normally includes sex, drinking a large amounts of alcohol and nudity. Therefore, society today seems like it does not have boundaries.
In the era that this film was made, being homosexual was frowned upon, not widely spoken about or even shown in the media. However, more programmes now include homosexuals as well as television hosts such as the host of Big Brother and the host of the show 'The Graham Norton Show'. Therefore the attitude towards Homosexuality has changed drastically within the last 50 years. It is now accepted in Britain and there are now campaigns for marriage equality.
In 'The Sceptred Isle' it showed mainly white middle class people going to University in Britain. It also showed only a small fraction of people choosing to go onto higher education this was because getting a job was more important to. However, different classes now go on to University in Britain today and larger proportions of people do from a number of different backgrounds.
www some good comment regarding the changing representations present in the text in comparison to modern texts. The focus on how attitudes have changed towards homosexuality is referenced well through modern texts.
ReplyDeleteebi the analysis and comment remains mainly superficial and doesn't included any detailed analysis. Minimal use of media terminology and therefore the impression given is of a general sociological essay rather than media related.