Soap Operas; Audience Relationship & Storylines

They cover topical and potentially sensitive areas. (Such as: mental health, abortion & and death) many helplines have been set up to deal with people who may be suffering with the subject of that episode. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8428000/8428494.stm)

Soap Operas are set so you feel like you a part of the drama and you know on a personal level the charaters. People feel bonds and empathy for the charaters and can have very strong opinions on them and what they should do with the issue that has occoured.

Audinces vary in age, from the elerdly that may watch it for a bit of company of an evening, to the families that watch it with young childern and the people who watch it to tweet about it. Or to see how a plot in unfloding.

To get people talking about the show maybe if it has lost some veiwers they always introduce something drymatic. With an example being EastEnders;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8520818.stm

Where it could of been one of many people and each having there own motive, and without an alibi. The papers and magazines went crazy as veiwings rocketed. The famous 'Who Shot Phil' storyline was so cleverly writen as it lasted 5 weeks thats, 20 epersiodes.

 

 

 

On The Eastenders webisite there is always a vote and you can give your own oppinion that is rumored to inslunce the writers. 

 

Media are all abored with magazines giving weekly updates. Twitter being live and the other day i saw '#WhosSleepingWithKat' trending. This is the curerent 'nation divider' in EastEnders.