named studies mass media

Question 1

Representation of different nationalities in media
Vir, hall and Foye (2018)
traditional

Answer 1

The BBC was said to have more of a southern English and London bias by participants outside of southern England
-they also found that the BBC was seen as representing their interests of its English viewers than other nations
- “I think that sport is very much English broadcast and Scotland is left behind
- “the Scottish person is always drunk and abusive drunk at that”
-Tv can be exploitative in the portrayal of the Welsh

Question 2

Representation of different nationalities in media
Mulhern
Traditional

Answer 2

is an Irish journalist, and is very critical about the medias portrayal of the Irish and says they are portrayed in 2 ways
1.home sick and drinking bad Guinness in pubs while listening to bad ballads in north London
2.too successful to be homesick making loads in the city

Question 3

Representations of different nationalities in media
Graham
traditional

Answer 3

Media can sometimes force other nationalities into TV programmes leading to ‘tokenism’.
One participates discussed ‘Gavin and Stacey- its all about portraying whales as thick’

Question 4

Representation of ethnic groups in media
Barker
changing

Answer 4

A multicultural society welcomes the presence of a range of ethnicities

Question 5

Stereotypes of black people in media
Van Dijk (1991)
Traditional

Answer 5

Studied the representation of ethnic groups in the UK over 10 years. He used content analysis to examine symbols, language and images relating to the representation of ethnicity in media
He found that many groups were presented in a stereotype way and particularly examined in the way in which black people were stereotypes in the media. He discovered ethnic groups were portrayed in 5 ways
1.ciminals 2. Abnormal 3. A threat 4. Dependent 5. Unimportant

Question 6

Representation of ethnicities in media
Stuart Halls
traditional

Answer 6

Policing crisis and how the media deliberately made black people ‘evil’ to divert the public’s attention away from the government and their problem

Question 7

Representation of ethnicities in media
Nahdi
traditional

Answer 7

Found that the portrayals of Muslims in particular were incredibly negative.
Often seen as ‘intolerant, misogynistic, violent or cruel, and finally strange or different