Ethnic Minority Disadvantage In The Media

Question 1

What did Alexander say?

Answer 1

• Asian youths in east London were unfairly targeted by police and the media
• myth of Asian gang was created whereby the media reported violent clashes between black and Asian gangs
• Asian boys were criminalised as a result of Islamophobia

Question 2

What did Van Dijk say?

Answer 2

• media stereotype black people in five ways: criminal, abnormal, threat, unimportant and dependant
• included presenting cultural practices as abnormal and using blanket terminology such as Asian culture

Question 3

What did Children Now- FairPlay say?

Answer 3

• ethnic minorities stereotypes in video games
• 86% of heroes were white, 8/10 competitors in sports games were black, Latinos only appeared in sports games and 86% of black female characters were presented as victims of violence