The second example is ‘ The Vicar of Dibley ‘ which is a comedy. It set in the country and the residents are all part of a small community. The main character is the vicar Geraldine she is portrayed as a lively fun vicar and plays an important part to the community.
My final example is Songs of Praise, which is about middle English church goers singing hymns This programme is not controversial and it is aimed at a specific audience which may be of the older generation. This program is portrayed to people who like hymns and like listening to bible readings and people singing.
A stereotype is a person who has different thoughts like soon as someone says something it immediately goes into their head. A stereotype type of a religious person might be soon as they go to church they immediately says in their head. On TV when religious people are portrayed they have a stereotype such as Dot Cotton she goes to church and belives in god and it stats in her head,
Many people believe what they see on TV is real e.g. Brian Capron who plays Richard Hillman in Coronation Street is a killer many people believe he is a real killer many soaps or TV programs are two far fetched.
TV does not have a chance to not show religious people because in real life people are religious and are ‘Out of touch with the modern world’ and if they did not show religious situations such as ‘Sex outside of marriage’ or Death they would be no storylines. But TV has too show religious people as out of touch with society for instance Eastenders shows Dot not agreeing to Sex outside of marriage she sticks too this because everyone has there own opinion on what they think.
Religious people may feel upset on how they are portrayed and may believe they are not out of touch with the modern it is what they have been taught.
People who disagree with the writer would argue because some TV programs always present religious people with out of touch with the modern world for instance Dot always has scripts about religious things such as the euthanasia with her and Ethel. So in most cases many TV programs show religious happenings.
People who disagree may be wrong because on specifically religious programs such as royal funeral, remembrance day & Jewish ceremony’s these people may not be religious still go religious events.
People who attend weddings are normal because they are going to celebrate someone’s life together
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People who attend a funeral are celebrating the persons life which they had.
People who attend Remembrance Day ceremonies are showing their respect to those whom fought in the war.
TV has to show normal religious things such as weddings, funerals and christenings as it is normal part of people’s lives
Coronation Street is a soap shows funerals as it is normal part of life. Down to Earth a drama shows weddings and funerals.
Conclusion
I think the “Television always presents religious people as out of touch with the modern world” quote is right because many actors who are religious are shown to us that they do not agree with modern day things such as sex outside of marriage and divorce because television puts there character like that.
I have understood the issue because it is true that television does make religious people with out of touch with the modern world. By the research I have done on TV programs such as soaps and dramas these show religious people as out of touch with society.
