Task 5

Dominant Reading - The Simpsons is a family program shown on channel 4, which can be attracts many audiences and is aimed to entertain. The genre is mainly comedy and real life.

Negotiated Reading - In the Simpsons women are the passive characters while men are the ones who go to work. School is shown as important but still a place for misbehaviour.

Oppositional Reading - The Simpsons is a show which contains many negative stereotypes and has humour which can offend some religions and ethics. The show contains poor role models and doesn’t really educate the audience.

The reading that is closest to me is the oppositional reading because The Simpsons is mainly used to entertain rather than educate those.