Violence in UK Soaps: A four wave trend analysis Dr Guy Cumberbatch, Victoria Lyne, Andrea Maguire and Sally Gauntlett July 2014 CRG UK Ltd Anvic House A report prepared for: 84 Vyse Street Ofcom Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B18 6HA t: ++(0)121 523 9595 f: ++(0)121 523 8523 e:
[email protected] Contents Foreword from Ofcom .......................................................................................................................... 1 1 Violence in UK soaps: A four-wave trend analysis (2001-2013) ............................................... 2 1.1 Executive summary ................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Key findings: overall violence in soaps 2001-2013 ................................................................. 3 1.3 Key findings: changes in violent content over period 2001-2013 ........................................... 4 1.4 Key findings: 2013 storyline analysis ...................................................................................... 5 1.5 Key findings: 2013 case studies of scenes containing strong violence .................................. 5 1.6 Overall conclusions ................................................................................................................. 6 2 Objectives, methodology and sample ......................................................................................... 7 2.1 Overall objectives ...................................................................................................................