Task 9 - Research Task

- How do teenagers read American and British T.V. differently?
- Attitudes towards violence in films.

How do teenagers read American and British T.V. differently?

Shows like 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' and 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' involve high-end interviews with famous stars such as directors and actors who are well known around the whole of the world. These two particular shows are famous enough in themselves but the extra of having such a wide range of 'celebrities' who appear on the show brings in a range of target audiences depending on who is on the show by personal choice. 

This shows the difference between American and British shows. For example, in Britain, we still have the idea of the shows in America like 'Jonathon Ross Show' and 'The Graham Norton Show' but audience rating lack more because of its overall popularity. Also, Britain has a smaller film industry than America so bringing 'celebrities' onto the show is much harder.

Comedy shows like 'Friends' and 'How I Met Your Mother' are different to British comedies like 'Outnumbered' and 'The Inbetweeners’ plainly because of how the different audiences react to the shows which shows that in the two film industries, comedy is very different like in the 'The Inbetweeners' the humour is more childish and the jokes are more rude and personal. This is different because in America, they don’t have that childish humour that British television portrays and brings more melodramatic element to it.

Attitudes towards violence in films.

Attitudes towards violence in films are varied across age and gender groups. For example, younger children will find violence more frightening than teenagers who have watched violence on television and on video games for longer than the younger children. Also, this is different for females because females generally prefer to watch soaps and programmes which have romance in them. Also, males find it more interesting to watch violence than to watch romance.

This could be different to other countries because other cultures will vies violence in different ways. For example, people from England might view violence differently to how people from America view violence. Also, religion can play a big part of how different people's attitudes to violence because different religions do not approve of violence.