Tradtional/neg Representations Of Ethnicity

Question 1

Van dijk

Answer 1

• black peoples in the media stereotyped in 5 ways: criminals, abnormal, threat, dependant and unimportant
  Eg. Top boy (predominantly has a black cast and involves drug usage, gangs and violence)

Question 2

Malik

Answer 2

• broadcasters are guilty of tokenism and stereotyping
  Eg. Good luck Charlie (character of ivy representation of a token black friend and sidekick of the white main character and also has stereotypical characteristics such as being sassy and undesirable)

Question 3

Barker

Answer 3

• studied ethnic minority groups in soap opera Eastenders and noted it has been heavily criticised for stereotyping ethnic minority groups
  Eg. Eastenders (black Afro Caribbean characters depicted as being involved in crime whereas Asian characters shown to be doctors and white British characters as authority figures)