When media accurately reflects the diversity of the offline world, it challenges stereotypes, breaks down barriers, and promotes inclusivity. Seeing diverse individuals and communities represented across different platforms allows marginalized groups to be acknowledged, validated, and empowered.
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One study finds that popular media depictions of nonverbal features of people of color, including facial expressions and body language, influence racial biases for white viewers. When there is a lack of contact between racial groups, people tend to rely on media stereotypes to formulate ideas about people outside of their own race.
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This chapter provides an overview of the current status of research that examines the content and effects of media stereotyping. It pays special attention to the content of racial stereotypes spanning multiple forms including entertainment, news, and digital media.
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Indeed, media may be the only contact some people have with minority groups, especially those living in homogenous communities. Here are steps we can all take to limit the negative impact of stereotypes in the media—and maximize the positive benefits media may have on our attitudes toward out-groups.
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In terms of ethnicity and the media, a dominant line of research has concentrated on media content and representational problems in relation to the use of racialized stereotypes, systematic under- and misrepresentation of minority ethnic groups, and the marginalization of minority media producers.
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Racial stereotypes flood today’s mass media. Researchers investigate these stereotypes’ prevalence, from news to entertainment. Black and Latino stereotypes draw particular concern, especially because they misrepresent these racial groups.
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The study of preference-based reinforcement and thus the dynamic of self-reinforcing effects is, to the best of our knowledge, unprecedented in the research on media stereotypes—our primary theoretical contribution to the media stereotype literature.
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The media have a powerful influence on how people view and treat different groups based on gender and ethnicity, as news stories shape people's stereotypes, beliefs, and...
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There is a long history of scholarship documenting the prevalence of racial and ethnic stereotypes in media and popular culture. This body of literature demonstrates that media stereotypes have changed over time across specific racial/ethnic groups, media formats, and genres.
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Definition. Stereotypes are well-worn representations which reduce people and places to basic generalisations. This representation process often involves making values and assumptions, so the stereotypes tend to be exaggerations with negative connotations.
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