Traditional/neg Representations Of Ethnicity

Question 1

Van dijk

Answer 1

• black people in the media stereotyped in 5 ways: criminals, abnormal, threat, dependant and unimportant
  Eg. Top boy has a predominantly black cast and the show has an emphasis on crime involving drug usage, gangs and violence

Question 2

Malik

Answer 2

• broadcasters are guilty of tokenism (symbolic effort to be inclusive to minority groups to give the appearance of racial equality) and stereotyping (widely held oversimplified image or idea about a particular type of person or thing)
  Eg. Good luck Charlie (character of ivy representation of a token black friend and sidekick of the white main character and also has stereotypical characteristics such as being sassy and undesirable)

Question 3

Barker

Answer 3

• studied ethnic minority groups in soap opera Eastenders and noted it has been heavily criticised for stereotyping ethnic minority groups
  Eg. Eastenders (black Afro Caribbean characters depicted as being involved in crime whereas Asian characters shown to be doctors and white British characters as authority figures)