Ethnicity In The Media 📲

Question 1

Van dijk (1981)

Answer 1

did a 10yr study of the media and found 5 main stereotypes used to portray black people:

1) criminals
2) abnormal
3) a threat
4) dependant
5) unimportant

Question 2

Malik (2008)

Answer 2

Says that the media doesn’t accurately reflect the ethnic uk

-Tv is still far too “white”

• white viewers were happy, but ethnic minorities said it was “very poor”
• change is evident but mainly in reality TV (e.g strictly)
• ethnic minorities are watching less mainstream tv (down 20%) leading to more minority channels and less representation

Question 3

Ridley Scott

Answer 3

“And sat that my lead actor is Mohammad so and so from such and such

Question 4

Hall (1995)

Answer 4

Notes a shift from overt racism to inferential racism
(E.g excluded/stereotyped)