media

Question 1

alexander

Answer 1

• asian youths in east london were unfairly targeted by police and the media
• the myth of the asian gang was created whereby the media reported the violene clashes between black and asian gangs
• as a result asian boys were criminalised which led to islamaphobia

Question 2

children now

Answer 2

• fair play 2001
• ethnic minorities are stereotyped in video games
• they discovered that 86% of heroes were white, 8/10 competitors in sport games were black, latinos only appeared in sport games and 86% of black female characters were presented as victims of violence

Question 3

van dijk

Answer 3

• used content analysis to study representations of ethnic groups in the UK
• the media stereoptyped people in 5 different ways:
• criminal, abnormal, threat, unimportant and dependant

Question 4

• asian youths in east london were unfairly targeted by police and the media
• the myth of the asian gang was created whereby the media reported the violene clashes between black and asian gangs
• as a result asian boys were criminalised which led to islamaphobia

Answer 4

alexander

Question 5

• fair play 2001
• ethnic minorities are stereotyped in video games
• they discovered that 86% of heroes were white, 8/10 competitors in sport games were black, latinos only appeared in sport games and 86% of black female characters were presented as victims of violence

Answer 5

children now

Question 6

• used content analysis to study representations of ethnic groups in the UK
• the media stereoptyped people in 5 different ways:
• criminal, abnormal, threat, unimportant and dependant

Answer 6

van dijk