1. Prison Break
By Hafsa, Nabihah, Mariah and Kesa

2. FOX
• Prison Break was originally aired on August 29th
2005 on Fox
• Fox is an American commercial station owned by
Rupert Murdock- 20th Century Fox
• News Corp is a conglomerate which consists of
Fox and upholds the status quo of America
• News Corp is vertically integrated (film and TV
production)
• Prison Break was integrated in the UK through
SKY One

3. Prison Break
• Paul Schewing produced the series of Prison
Break. He is also the director and writer
• Prison Break consists of 5 seasons
• The target audience for Prison Break is 18-34
year olds
• ‘contains adult content, including violence,
coarse language, as well sexual and drug
references’

4. Themes within Prison Break
• Prison
• Crime
• Drugs
• Violence
• Sexuality
• Masculinity
• Race
• Law

5. Representations within Prison Break
• Males – masculine, aggressive, violent, educated,
dominant, insecure
• Females – strong, nurturing, educated, sexual
• Ethnicity – black and white people are separated,
black people are associated with drugs and
violence which reinforces the stereotype, white
people are just as violent which challenges the
stereotype, other ethnicities are marginalised
• Age – elderly have more authority and are looked
after by other prisoners, younger prisoners are
often bullied