‘Surely the most natural scenario in the world’

Godfrey, Sarah; Holmes, Su

doi:10.1177/1749602015616104

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“…. [and] worthy of critical notice" (Messenger-Davies 2010: 97) there are few academic studies that take the text as their primary focus (Bazalgette and Buckingham 1995;Godfrey and Holmes 2016). Where textual studies and questions of representation in children's television have been addressed they have often emerged from a sociological perspective (as opposed to that 5 of cultural/television studies) and have emphasized quantitative approaches such as content analysis (Lemish 2012) focusing on issues surrounding stereotypes and/or media effects.…”

Section: Studying British Children's Televisionmentioning

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Authenticity and Aspiration

Godfrey¹

2018

Girlhood Studies

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I argue that while the tween is understood as having transnational relevance and mobility, this is often emphasized in ways that overlook the national and cultural specificities of tween culture. I argue that the distinctive context of British television history augments the connections between national and transnational paradigms of tween culture in important ways. While authenticity, friendships, and honesty remain foregrounded in a number of Children's British Broadcasting Corporation (CBBC) shows, these are constructed through a national discourse that connects to transnational models of the tween girl but also mobilizes a cultural specificity that is inextricable from the broadcasting context in which it is produced.

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Section: Studying British Children's Televisionmentioning

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Godfrey¹

2018

Girlhood Studies

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The World Belongs to the Young: Representation of Socialization Agents in Early Childhood Television Content

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Te'eni-Harari

Aharoni³

2021

Communication Reports

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Representations of intergenerational care on BBC children’s television

Inthorn

2016

Social Semiotics

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This paper contributes to research on media representations of care with a textual analysis of BBC children’s television. As a public service broadcaster, the BBC is tasked with the fostering and sustaining of citizenship. This paper argues that representations of care are an important way by which the BBC can potentially meet its remit and inform children’s perceptions of informal care. It takes a focused look at the portrayal of grandparent-grandchild relationships of care in three programmes: ‘Mr Alzheimer’s and Me’, Katie Morag and Topsy and Tim. All three programmes show narrative moments which map onto Tronto’s (1998; 2003) concept of good care, including attentiveness, responsibility, competence, responsiveness, solidarity and trust. Grandparents and grandchildren are shown to be caring for each other. However, programmes do not challenge the inequalities which continue to structure the realities of informal care work. Neither the inequalities of power between carers and care receivers, nor the lack of public and government support for carers are addressed, and adult informal care is gendered. This paper argues that while BBC children’s programmes provide important opportunities for children to learn the meaning of good care, in order for it to meet its public service remit, it should also provide opportunities to learn about the relationships of power that structure informal care

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‘Surely the most natural scenario in the world’

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Authenticity and Aspiration

Authenticity and Aspiration

The World Belongs to the Young: Representation of Socialization Agents in Early Childhood Television Content

Representations of intergenerational care on BBC children’s television

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