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Stranger things and genre

It is clear that Stranger things works in multiple genres. In some ways, it is about genre as much as it belongs to a genre love- Steve + Nancy friendship- the boys thriller- the Demogorgon, harsh flickering lighting,  coming of age- boys learn about friendship, Will goes missing Sci Fi- unknown creatures, mystery Intertextuality- using another text 
 80's list -Tears for fears - 1984 recession - bad fashion -Arcades - Good music - Cold war - Berlin wall fell -children cartoons -microwaves -home exercise -MTV -Spielberg -Ghostbusters -Bright colors -Consumerism -Video killed the radio star- first MTV video -Thriller music video -Rise of Yuppie culture -Cocaine -Cable goes mainstream -HIV/AIDS -Space program -war on drugs -tense relations with Iran -tax cut and reagonomics -console gaming -1985 IBM first pc -Pollution -John Lennon killed  What unites IT and E.T -children -friendship -mystery -bullies -high school -unknown
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Assessment feedback and prep

 Was able to crate a clear first point that perfectly answers the question that were supported by generally accurate references to Shang chi and snow white. Need to improve on adding a lot more detail need to revise facts and plan out every point so that the answers more consistent. For answer 1: Snow white depicts stereotypes from 1937. These include women needing to be saved and the dwarfs being seen as creatures. This highlights how people in 1937 separated themselves from people with disabilities that encapsulates why they live in a house together away from everyone else. Shang chi contrasts Snow white with having many strong leading female characters where as Snow white followed the stereotype of women being weak.

Does Radio 1 deserve public funding

 The live lounge is important to Radio 1 as it allows them to differ from other radio stations. It deserves funding radio's 1 focus on live music provides vital , cultural experience of listening to live music provides a unlike cultural experience that spans decades and focuses on new British stars and giving them a platform station focuses on audience interconnectivity where listeners can have a say in what goes into the show justifies its existence with its royal charter  impartial news segment helps uphold the reithian values only £28 Scrap the fee The station focuses on youth music which holds lower cultural value making it harder for the youth to justify Privately funded less tax listening to linear radio is no longer popular in target audience dropped by 15% BBC radio has an unfair advantage Radio 1 doesn't have to worry about falling listeners new audiences prefer user generated content their public service role is minimal and should be privatized. more than £500 millio...

Radio contexts

  Political The Sun agrees with Boris Johnson to remove the TV license as it is a right leaning newspaper People want rid of the TV license fee as they see it as outdated. This is because right leaning people are Cultural Listening to linear radio is no longer part of youth culture in the way it used to be in the hey-day of  Radio 1. Increasingly digital audiences prefer user generated content- furthermore they expect to have more control of what they listen to. Popular music and youth culture are traditional seen as having lower culture status than other content making it harder for breakfast show to meet obligations to provide culturally important content. The graph shows each age range and how much radio they are listening to along with what they like to listen to on the radio.  BBC's target audience listens to the radio the least Economic Falling listeners hurts most radio institutions because they are commercial PSB are free from the pressure of ratings driven advert...