Chapter 16

Question 1

Group most vulnerable to learning about sex role stereotypes

Answer 1

Children

Question 2

Characters played by African Americans historically

Answer 2

Inferior, dishonest and lazy

Most appear in crime dramas

Question 3

Tv reflection of race: African Americans

Answer 3

Represent 14-17% of the characters on prime time tv, higher than their actual numbers in society

On prime time programs the typical African american is a male in his 30s and a middle-class professional.

Usually dresses more provocatively than white characters and least aggressive

Question 4

Tv reflections of race: whites/caucasians

Answer 4

73-80% of prime time characters, higher than 2010 census numbers

Question 5

News stories: african Americans

Answer 5

Blacks are far more likely to depicted than whites in crime news stories.

Info on prior criminal history is more likely than to be reported than with whites

Black juvenile offenders are depicted more frequently than white

Question 6

Tv reflections of race: hispanics

Answer 6

Represent about 27% of the population of the US but their prime time numbers are between 2-6%

Depicted in crime stories on the news far more than in reality and far more than whites

Question 7

Tv representations of race: Asian Americans

Answer 7

Represent 1-3 percent of prime time characters when in reality they constitute about 5% of US citizens

Question 8

Tv reflections of race: Native Americans

Answer 8

Make up fewer than .5% of the characters on prime time tv.

Make up 1% of US Population

Question 9

Potential to educate through minority portrayals

Answer 9

Social learning theory says individuals learn from what they see in media.

Children are likely to pick up attitudes and behaviors simply by viewing.

For this reason there is a potential to learn, for better or for worse