media representations of ethnicity

Question 1

stereotypes

Answer 1

• criminals
• unimportant
• abnormal
• dependent
• a threat
• invisible

Question 2

Van Dijk - criminals

Answer 2

black people portrayed as criminals

Question 3

Waston - moral panics

Answer 3

moral panics occur as a result from media stereotypes of black people as potential criminals

Question 4

Hall - moral panics

Answer 4

‘Black Mugger’
police fed tabloids black mugging stories
all young African-Carribean’s labelled as criminals and a threat
served the ideological function of white w/c turning against black w/c, distracts from capitalism

Question 5

moral panics and rap music

Answer 5

Zylinska - Home Secretary David Blanket announced he was appalled by lyrics = promote gun crime (2003)

Question 6

Pearson - criticism of rap music

Answer 6

gang violence existed before rappers started talking about it

Question 7

BBC survey 2002 - abnormal

Answer 7

Asian audience unhappy with how the media fails to differentiate between different groups & distinctive cultures
don’t want to be called ‘Asian”
cultural practices questioned and labelled

Question 8

Ethnic Focus - abnormal

Answer 8

media divides Asians into 2 camps
1) miserable folk forced into loveless marriage
2) billionaires who came to Britain with nothing and made a fortune

Question 9

Ameli et al - abnormal

Answer 9

media discussion around hijab is problematic, suggesting inferiority to Western female dress codes
portrayed as patriarchal and oppressive that exemplifies misogyny of Islam

Question 10

problems with invisibility

Answer 10

1) limited roles - reflects low status (cleaners & shopkeepers)
2) invisibility
3) tokenism - positive discrimination because they think they should

Question 11

Gill - invisibility

Answer 11

ad industry (beauty especially) criticised for excluding Black and Asian images - Anglo-Saxon blondes have the ideal look

Question 12

pluralist perspective

Answer 12

problematic representations reflect real fears

Question 13

marxist perspective

Answer 13

create problematic views to distract from capitalism

Question 14

Abercrombie - representations changing

Answer 14

changes most apparent in soaps where minorities appear as ordinary routine characters

Question 15

Beattie et al - representations changing

Answer 15

more minority figures appearing most evident in children’s tv, education and the news (Stormzy)