Media Rep Ethnicity

Question 1

Racism includes prejudice and discrimination is based on?

Answer 1

Ethnic background religion and cultural behaviour

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

Division between people based on physical and biological characteristics- skin colour

Question 3

Hall

Answer 3

Black and Asian are presented as cheating cunning and source of social problems represented in a limited range + degrading and scapegoat assumed dangerous (gangs)

Question 4

Deviant and law breakers

Answer 4

Minority ethnic groups presented as drug dealers

Question 5

Hargave

Answer 5

Black people 2x more likely than white to portrayed on tv as criminals

Question 6

Reach

Answer 6

Black young men and boys portrayed as dangerous lives voiced on criminality drug

Question 7

News values fit values of white media through….

Answer 7

Black boys and young adults being the ones committing crimes more than being a victim

Question 8

Hall et al

Answer 8

Black muggers folk devils reasserting hegemony of ruling class ideology scapegoat
From economic crisis

Question 9

How is hall et als theory similar to media

Answer 9

Young black males rep folk devils especial in media with reports of gang drug violence

Question 10

Coon

Answer 10

Lazy unintelligent- wanting to be free - avoiding work and trying to integrate to white culture

Question 11

Sapphire

Answer 11

Angry black woman - domineering constantly depicting her lazy husband
Clueless

From sassy mammy gone with the wind

Question 12

Welfare queen

Answer 12

Living in welfare , “precious”

Question 13

Animalistic

Answer 13

Sexualised

Question 14

Uncle Tom

Answer 14

Submissive obedient faithful servants
Back stab other black people
A patch of blue - help blind woman

Question 15

Mammy

Answer 15

Serving white family greys Antomy and suits serving white men

Question 16

Jezebel

Answer 16

By nature sexual foxy brown

Question 17

Brute

Answer 17

Black men naturally strong athletic want- old spice the man your man could smell like

Question 18

Subverting stereotypes

Answer 18

Created a pathway - Hollywood stars Steph - first black actor to get million dollars

Question 19

Satire

Answer 19

Dear white people - highlight ridiculous black stereotypes

Question 20

Cumberbatch et al

Answer 20

Content analysis 1/7 roles was from ethnic minority
African Caribbean over rep Asian underrep
Ethnic minorities under rep in lead roles

Question 21

Ghettoization

Answer 21

Ethnic minority rep are ghettoized in mainstream

Marginalised featured on specialised programs like dealing with stereotypes(dear white people

Question 22

How are ethnic minorities marginalised sociologists

Answer 22

Malik - African Caribbean’s more likely to be found in programmes dealing with social issues rather than roles in politics

Beattie et al - gmg tv presenters black and Asian were more likely to appear on supporting roles

Advertise less black than white people shown in professional roles

Question 23

Gill suggest black woman

Answer 23

Narrow range of rep Naomi Campbell complaint about under rep of black woman medals in advertise

Question 24

Hargrave

Answer 24

Minority ethnic viewers rarely see reality if their lives
Concerned about the way their portrayed

• negative stereotypes
• tokenism
  _ unrealistic community portrayals

Question 25

Symbolic annihilated

Answer 25

Under presentation gerber lack rep
Ethnic minorities in this case

Question 26

Muslims as stigmatised identity goffman

Answer 26

Moral panic stigmatised identity abnormal - excluded from society goffman
Islamophobia - media - newspapers

Question 27

Hargrave - Muslims

Answer 27

Muslims concerned about portrayals bringing harassment and fear of Muslims

Question 28

Pluralist explanation

Answer 28

Media representation reflects news values of journalists and provide material audiences want

Question 29

Pluralist approach cottle

Answer 29

Media reports Ethnic minority’s encourage audiences to construct a sense of identity

White audience use media rep of ethnic minorities to secure there own identity by defining as superior

Question 30

Neo Marxist exp

Answer 30

Established through white eyes

Created through racist stereotypes

Creating a divide between white majority and ethnic minority

Diverts attentions away from economic inequalities - maintaining hegemony

Hall moral panic

Question 31

Changing sterotypes eg + sociologist

Answer 31

More black and Asian figures
More minorities as presenters
Abercrombie - more black and Asian actors in dramas e.g
Easter ends - 43% of non white tv viewerrs

Question 32

Malik

Answer 32

Malik - African Caribbean’s more likely to be found in programmes dealing with social issues rather than roles in politics

Question 33

Eg Islamophobia

Answer 33

Tiny minority Muslim acts - 9/11 leads to stereotypes media negative coverage terrorist

Question 34

Stereotype Muslim in media

Answer 34

Oppression women burquas forced marriages

Replace British law with Sharia law

Question 35

Rise of Islamophobia

Answer 35

2007 reported within 1 week news coverage 91% was Muslim depicted in a negative way . Demonised in mass media reinforcing sterotypes

Question 36

Goffman

Answer 36

Stigmatised identity - demeaning identity Muslim become due to media reporting generating moral panic with just “Muslim”
Contributing to Islamophobia

Question 37

Hargrave - Muslim

Answer 37

Muslims very concerned about such negative media portrayals through creation of moral panic further discrimination against social group

Question 38

Stigmatisation of Islam in media

Answer 38

Richardson
Ameli et al

Question 39

Richardson

Answer 39

British Muslims are actually largely absent from news rarely news commentators

When its negative

Question 40

Ameli et al

Answer 40

Hajabs suggested to be inferior to westernised dress