MEDIA- ethnicity

Question 1

Study on newspaper articles

Answer 1

Van Dijk- found a number of stereotypical stories on ethnic minorities:

Question 2

Name some examples

Answer 2

eg. black people as criminals-
tabloid newspapers tend to portray black people as involved in gangs and drugs

eg. Invisible black people-
largely absent from the media and when they are it is tokenistic- there to tick off a box

eg. ethnic minorities as a threat-
Poole: demonisation of muslims negative stereotypes of the religion in the media
evaluation- do news articles report on this purely to condemn terrorism?

Question 3

Has the representation of ethnic minority groups improved

Answer 3

• yes: more main characters in tv shows are part of ethnic minorities
• no: tokenisitc?

Question 4

Marxist opinion

Answer 4

Marxists would say this is done to take the attention away from capitalism- scapegoats and folk devils, creates a divide

Question 5

Pluralist opinion

Answer 5

Newspapers act in interest of the readers- this is how the public want it

Question 6

Neo marxist

Answer 6

Say journalists pass on this ideology only mentioned if benefits capitalism