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Mon, 08 May 2006 11:43

Deeej

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I am planning on writing a 10,000 word dissertation for my degree, and I'm planning on writing on the present-day attitude of the British media towards gay people (+ lesbian, transgender, bisexual etc.) and gay issues. This is a subject that people have touched upon a few times on this board, and one that I've found quite interesting.

I'm totally aware of the bias within the British tabloid press, even though it's relatively subtle these days. If I wanted to write on that I would have any amount of material to work with -- but I don't like the tabloids, and I don't read the tabloids (only very occasionally the Daily Mail, an "up-market" right-wing British women-oriented tabloid -- ugh!), and hence I would rather not have to spend my time buying and reading them. I'd much rather do something film-related, or possibly television-related.

I have not been able to find much current "proper" research into the topic, I think possibly (i) because the political landscape has changed so quickly, making research from even 10 years ago relevant only as guidelines; (ii) because homosexuality is something you only really write about if you have a personal interest, and most people don't; and (iii) because American/international research doesn't necessarily transfer to British society. (I may also not have been looking hard enough.)

Okay, so my question: can anyone think of a field or two within television or film (and this would have to be British television or film within the last five years, not a very big field, especially on the film front) that has interesting anti-gay undercurrents, or an adherence to stereotypes, or even a supposedly neutral or pro-gay attitude that is sometimes questionable? It doesn't matter if it's a soap or trashy daytime television: to a certain extent, the shallower the material, the easier it is to analyse.

I'll increase the scope of the question so that if you have some ideas about American television or films made for an international market that might made their way across to Britain, please feel free to comment as well.

For that matter, please let me know if you think I should be writing on something else that is related but not quite the same. Or even if you think the whole idea is a stupid one.

Thanks in advance,

David

		A vaguely academic question By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 11:43
		Re: A vaguely academic question By: timmy on Mon, 08 May 2006 11:55
		Re: A vaguely academic question By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 12:25
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		Deadline is the beginning of May, 2007 By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:54
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		Re: A vaguely academic question By: timmy on Mon, 08 May 2006 20:38
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		Re: A vaguely academic question By: timmy on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:53
		Re: A vaguely academic question By: marc on Mon, 08 May 2006 13:15
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		Re: A vaguely academic question By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:50
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		Re: Sounds Interesting By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:34
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		Re: Eastenders By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:25
		Re: Eastenders By: timmy on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:25
		Re: Eastenders By: marc on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:31
		The BBC By: Deeej on Mon, 08 May 2006 18:42
		Re: Eastenders By: timmy on Mon, 08 May 2006 19:10
		Mrs Dale's Diary By: timmy on Mon, 08 May 2006 19:22
		Re: Eastenders (and other programmes) By: NW on Mon, 08 May 2006 19:12
		An academically vague reply! By: cossie on Tue, 09 May 2006 01:57
		Hijacking the thread By: JFR on Tue, 09 May 2006 05:32
		Re: A vaguely academic question By: timmy on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:56
		Follow-up By: Deeej on Sun, 21 May 2006 17:48
		Re: Follow-up By: Zambezi on Tue, 23 May 2006 14:42
		Re: Follow-up By: Deeej on Tue, 23 May 2006 15:05

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