Essays about: "British TV"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words British TV.

1. 1. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
   Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

   Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

3. 2. "Breaking the lawn chair, skinning the fish" : Categorization and Gender Differences in Slang Use in the TV Series Sex Education

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Michele Lopez; [2021]
   Keywords : slang; Sex Education; taboo words; proper slang; pragmatic markers; gender perspective;

   Abstract : This essay, entitled “Breaking the lawn chair, skinning the fish” - Categorization and Gender Differences in Slang Use in the TV Series Sex Education, claims that slang is part of our everyday language use and it can be found even on TV nowadays. In fact, contemporary TV series often portray a language use that includes informal language and slang expressions and words. READ MORE

4. 3. Brexit and the Border - A critical discourse analysis of the European Research Group’s position on the Irish border issue

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexander Tandberg; [2020]
   Keywords : brexit; irish; border; populism; nationalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the discourse of the Eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG) relating to the Irish border issue in the Brexit negotiations is constructed. The purpose is to analyse an English nationalist and populist discourse which seemingly does not make sense. READ MORE

5. 4. English pronunciation in Swedish Upper Secondary School Students : A qualitative study of Swedish students’ pronunciation tendencies

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Julia Flisberg; [2018]
   Keywords : pronunciation; swedish students; English; degree project; production; SLA; language learning;

   Abstract : Geographically, Sweden is significantly closer to England as opposed to America, two English speaking countries with two rather different varieties of the language. With regard to Britain’s history of colonization it could be assumed that British English (RP-variety) would be most frequently used globally. READ MORE

6. 5. Representations of British teenage slang in the TV-series "Misfits" - A communicative approach to teenage slang

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emilia Zotevska; [2014-01-15]
   Keywords : slang; teenagers; adolescence; Misfits; convergence; communication; goal; accomodation; sociolinguistics; communication accomodation theory; identity; group togetherness; solidarity; scripted speech; fictional speech; in-group; out-group;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the functions of British teenage slang vocabulary from a communicative perspective and to analyse it in the social situations that occur in the TV-series Misfits. The language in Misfits can be considered a representation of the slang usage of British teenagers in general. READ MORE