The Media: Media Representations: Ethnicity Flashcards
What’s an example of media showing tokenism?
Harry Potter, Cho Chang etc
How can Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa be used to present the idea of an ideal victim?
When Sarah Evard was murdered by a police man there was massive outcry in the media, protests happening even during covid. However, when Sabina Nessa was murdered there was barley any coverage until someone pointed this out on social media which lead to a massive outcry.
What happened with Kadeena Cox?
It was harder for her to get a sponsorship because she wasn’t obviously disabled.
What does Akiniti argue about stereotypical representations in the media?
TV coverage of ethnically diverse groups focus on crime such as focusing on AIDS in Africa and black underachievement. Any news is usually bad news and is seen through the eyes of a white person.
What did Nittle argue about representations in the media?
Cultural appropriation has arose in the media for example Miley Citys twerking at the 2013 VMAS and Kim Kardashian when she wore Fulani blades.
What would post modernists think of cultural appropriation?
The mixture of different cultures has made it inevitable due to new media creating cultural hybrids.
What did Gill argue about black women in the media?
There is a narrow range of them.
Who could be used to critis Gill?
Winnie Harlow
What did Van Dijk find?
When conducting content analysis he suggested that black community’s are often portrayed in a negative light. For example as criminals. Moral panics have been constructed around immigrants, refugees and Muslims as they are seen as posing a threat to traditional white culture. The media implies that white people are more important than non white.
What film could be used to critis Van Dijk?
Black panther
What did Watson find about EMG?
Moral panics often result from the media stereotyping black people as potentially criminal. In the late 70s early 80s this was seen by the sensationalisation of muggings by black people. These moral panics and stereotypes have revently changed to include white people coming from Eastern European countries as they are blamed for the problems that beset Britain
What did Dowling find?
The shift has also been to eastern Europeans being blamed for things such as taking British jobs from the year 200 onwards. These stories create conform and reinforces racial stereotypes.
What did Goffman argue about stigmatised identity?
The very word myslim has become a stigmatised identity. This has contributed to islamaphobia. Baroness Warsi argued that anti Muslim prejudice was even accepted amongst the middle classes. (this has arisen since the 9 11 terror attacks and 2005 london attacks,)
What does Cottle argue?
The Media representation of ethnicity encourages media audiences to construct a sense or identity by defining who we are in terms of us and them.
What did Nahdi argue?
The way that newsgathering is now based on short singlets which has actually legitimised the voice of extreme Islam. This is because extremists get more news attention and this alienates the Muslim population as it destroys trust.
