EPQ Project Development

 How do soap operas challenge or represent taboo topics? 

An analysis of how UK Soap Operas have represented controversial social and cultural issues with a focus on Coronation Street. 


Key characters in Coronation Street 

Context of the time

1960s - 

1970s - 

1980s - 

1990s - 

2020s - Sophie Lancaster 

Storylines - euthanasia, transgender, 

Criticisms of the approach or way in which they covered an issue 

Other key moments and character

EastEnders - Michael 1980s reflected AIDS epidemic; Piers Morgan - 

Around gambling (Arthur Fowler) 

Brookside - first lesbian kiss on daytime TV 


For each one - look at context at the time, reaction to the storyline/issue and how it is represented


Introduction - 

methodology

what I have learnt  


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