...British stereotypes How do different British stereotypes influence the way we see Britons? If you think of a stereotype, you instantly focus on what it describes. The images you create are then used to recognize both populations and countries, and the stereotype is used as a basic layer to gather information. So, the stereotypes often make the first impression of (for instance) a country. The knowledge is important as it also can give you the will to find out more about the country. This is both positive and negative, because the population is also exposed, which brings us to the question: How do different stereotypes influence the way we see Britons? The British stereotypes influence our vision upon the Britons, by giving us an idea of how they act or behave as human beings. However, some of the allegations are true, but the majority of stereotypes are created as a product of our own imagination. This is why we have to consider whether to believe in the stories or not, and also figure out where these stereotypes origin and why they were made. Stereotypes in general presents a population in a “typical” point of view, as the statements are based on what we know about their society, or what the rest of the world believes. A mental picture A stereotype is a mental picture of a population, where the population is stereotyped because of a common quality. In this context the mental picture doesn’t only affect us, the creators of the stereotypes, but also...
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...I heard on the news about how Hispanic and black people are part of the low-income class. The common stereotype that Hispanics need more benefits and less likely to not pass high school. It is disappointing that many people think that Hispanics are poor. We are not poor because we have families that makes us rich. For example, I experienced a moment in my life of low-income. When my mother divorced my father, we had to move into my grandma’s house to have somewhere to live. We were packed 3 bedrooms with ten people inside. I had share bed with my mom and my two brothers. We stayed with my grandma until we got enough money to move. In someone else eyes they might thought we were poor, but in my eyes, my grandma was helping us back to the right path. When people do not look outside the box they see what they are used to such in “The Myth of Latin...
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...defined the term as “a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks, whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him” (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2017). While the New York Journal uses the state of Alabama in their definition, the word hillbilly has actually been used to describe anyone in the hills mentioned by the New York Journal: the Appalachian Mountains. As defined officially by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Appalachian mountain range extends from northern Mississippi and Alabama up to southern New York. However, as the region grew and developed, the locations to which isolated hillbilly stereotypes could be applied shrank to what ARC classifies...
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...womanish, thy wild acts denote/ The unreasonable fury of a beast/ Unseemly woman in a seeming man!" (803). Friar Laurence chides Romeo for crying about his banishment, which forces him to be distant from his love, Juliet. Also, he refers to Romeo's actions and sensitivity as "womanish." The fact that Romeo is strongly rebuked for acting sensitively suggests feminine qualities are frowned upon within the play. In the article "Romeo and Juliet, Media Repackaging West Side Story, and Bruce Springsteen," Stephen M. Buhler compares gender stereotypes within pop culture and the tragic play Romeo and Juliet. He claims that "Certainly critical views that stress the 'purity' and 'innocence' of Shakespeare's protagonists and their love participate in similarly morning processes" (85). This quote further proves how the parallelism between pop culture and Romeo and Juliet are evident. Standards of society, such as being beautiful or thin, put stress on young people. This is similar to how Romeo and Juliet are pressured into acknowledging their stereotypes in Verona, Italy. Young people are heavily influenced by the culture in which they are surrounded...
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...People are comfortable with what they relate most to, which can be a variety of different things. Some people can relate most to music. Some people can relate most to sports. Some people can even relate most to the outdoors. Some people choose to relate to those; however the majority of Americans can relate most to television shows. Television shows can vary from reality television shows, all the way to cartoon television shows. Our society has found something they can relate to and have become obsessed with it. There are so many different groups of people in our society today helping create more television shows. People all come from different backgrounds, different locations, and different generations; fortunately this creates even more opportunity for television show creators because they are able to make more television shows based on all these differences within our society. Two television shows that specifically show the differences within our society are South Park and the Boondocks. South Park and the Boondocks are similar televisions shows, yet have differences between them as well. To begin with, the big difference between the shows is that the main characters of each are different races, and similarity of the two is that each week one issue is dedicated to an entire episode. Comedy Central’s South Park is an animated show made for an older audience created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The show is known for being extremely offensive to most people but the creators...
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...Running head: RACIALIZED REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE BEAUTY 1 Racialized Representations of Female Beauty in Popular Culture (Name) University of New Mexico RACIALIZED REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE BEAUTY Racialized Representations of Female Beauty in Popular Culture 2 For the past 22 years People magazine has composed a list of the 50 most beautiful people. The list typically includes movie and television stars, musicians, British royalty, models, and television personalities. Every year the magazine crowns the year’s “most beautiful” and features them on the cover. Of the 22 most beautiful 19 have been women and out of the 19 women 16 have been White. This signals to People’s readers that beautiful means White and everything else does not equate beauty. However, this is not unique to People or even magazines like it, but instead represents a larger trend that is present in all forms of Western popular culture. In the various mediums of popular culture, ideologies about female beauty are exceedingly prevalent and constantly managed and reproduced. These ideologies carry with them the notion that in order to obtain ideal female beauty one must be very thin, young, have long hair, and wear expensive or revealing clothing (Stern, 2004). In addition to this there is also a raced definition of beauty, which predominates Western popular culture and dictates that White women with light hair and eye color can only attain true beauty. By looking closely at fashion magazines...
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...“Acting White” and its affects on Identity”……………………………….11 Peer Pressure and Physical Appearance…………………………………..12 Coping with Peer Pressure……………………..……......................….…13 Summary ………………………………..................................................14 References ………………………………................................................15 Introduction In the article “Peer Pressures and Accusation of Acting like others” Author Dr. Bahaudin Mujtaba investigates the pressures students face to conform to what their peers consider acceptable. Due to media exposure and lack of understanding diversity, stereotyping minorities has become more prevalent and those who step out of the box are accused of acting like others. The article references the accusations of acting white that black students face when striving for good grades and aiming for professional careers. The article also references the spread of these accusations in the Caribbean. Students face peer pressure of acceptance not only in racial and ethnic identity but in appearance as well. These accusations can lead to issues with confidence and one’s self identity. With the potential detrimental effects of peer pressure it is important for students to learn effective ways to cope with these pressures. Media’s Role in Stereotyping Media exposure plays a large role in the proliferation of stereotypical roles that minorities play in society. Be it news programs, entertainment shows, music or sports, the...
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...Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk on “The danger of a single story” emphasizes the problems with a story being told from just one perspective. Due to stereotypes many misconceptions have occurred due to only one side of the story being shared. In Adichie’s speech, she uses herself as a main example. Many people in America saw Adichie as an impoverished, uneducated Nigerian woman who was lucky enough to get out of Africa and start a better life in America. This viewpoint is not the blame of the individual, but the media the individual has been exposed too. The stereotypical African person is an untrue representation that most people in America have. Learning about the world is good for becoming more diverse, but if the information shared is one sided the experience may become limited because the person learning will become misinformed on a certain culture, person, or beliefs. Adichie’s goal in her speech was to educate the viewers on the problems with only hearing one side of a situation. In her speech she gives personal examples of situations where a person has assumed Adichie is a certain way due to stereotypes the person has learned. Adichie also shares personal examples of when she has assumed something about another person due to the stereotypes she has picked up over time. Adichie explains her speech that even though the stereotypes people have of certain cultures are misrepresented sometimes, still hold truth to some extend. Again, Adichie uses personal example to back up her...
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...African American Stereotypes in Movies Media Research Methods CO 455 November 20, 2012 African American Stereotypes in Movies Introduction There once was a time when everyone expected the black man to be the first actor to die in every movie that possessed a black man in its cast. However, over time the assumption of the black man being the first to die has changed. Currently in the year 2012, there are progressively more movies in which black men portray leading roles. This change in black men as leading characters in movies is a welcome change. In the past, supporting or backup roles were considered the best role a black man could achieve. In this paper, the researcher will conduct information by means of content analysis. Content analysis is the most commonly used methodology because of its ability to measure human behavior, assuming that the verbal behavior is a form of behavior. This study will examine specific media products and define these products by determining smaller elements that complement these products. This document will address a wide view of concerns regarding the African American culture, and will provide assumptions on how this issue can be addressed in the future. The stereotype of African Americans in movies today, is the topic of this research paper. Why do African Americans face stereotypes in the media? Why do black actors and actresses have difficulty obtaining roles that are not stereotypical...
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...Media Role Research Paper October 13, 2014 Rosamar Mallari Professor: Deanna Shelby SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology Moraine Valley Community College – Blue Island Learning Center Media Role Research Paper The inequality between men and women is not limited to past civilizations or to certain cultures; however, is constantly present in modern society. Moreover, the biological components with which individuals are born will not only work as their master status within society, but it will also dictated the socially acceptable behavior for the individuals within that civilization (Helsin, 2009, p. 294). Additionally, in modern society the media can also reinforce the gender stratification barrier or break it. Therefore, to have a better understanding of the media effect in gender stratification an episode of the television sitcom “Last Man Standing” will be analyze in the following paragraphs. Episode Background “Last Man Standing” is a comedy show in which the father of three girls offers his perspective regarding day-to-day situations that families are dealing with, in today’s society. In the episode “Here’s the Kicker” the family has to deal with the decision of the youngest female member of joining the men varsity football team (Shipley & Pasquin, 2014). Gender Stratification in Today’s Media According to Helsin (2009), “It is not the work that provides prestige, but the sex with which the work is associated” (p. 303); therefore, as Linton and Rosaldo noted...
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...LGBTQ+ Representation in the Media The media has become a protuberant fraction of our society today, as we rely on it for coverage on the presidential election, the weather, the traffic, and using it to form our opinions on subjects we would not know much about without it, but how does the media affect the way the LGBTQ+ community is seen and treated? From Russia to America, LGBTQ+ laws are viewed worlds apart, with Russia concocting anti-gay laws, while America sustains marriage-equality, however, did the media have an impact on this? Does absence of representation in this medium account for the misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of LGBTQ+ people? These are the inquiries I would enjoy to discus as I think it is a tremendously important...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is currently widespread discrimination against Muslims around the world due to numerous terrorist activities that occurred over the past decade. However, it is important for us to understand that although many of these activities were carried out by Muslims, we cannot stereotype all Muslims to be terrorists. Unjust discrimination against them may trigger more problems. Thus, a good approach to fix this problem would be educating the public not to stereotype as some Muslims may be the victims themselves. THE ISSUES AND WHO ARE INVOLVED The world has been plagued by terrorism, especially so over the past decade and this has led to widespread discrimination against Muslims. This is due to the fact that many of the terrorist acts were carried out by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah whose members are mainly of Muslim religion. However, there are much overlooked facts such as majority of the Muslims are actually not involved in those terrorist acts and some of the Muslims may even be victims of those terrorist acts themselves. One example of discrimination against Muslims would be the Oklahoma City bombing incident executed by Timothy McVeigh, an American, whereby Muslims were suspected for the bombing even before investigations started. Another would be the very recent French study led by David Laitin of Stanford University in California which shows that Muslims in European countries are more likely to be unemployed compared to people...
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...First I wanted have a clear idea of why people use stereotypes to label others and how it leads to the prejudgement. According to the article “Stereotypes and Prejudice,” by President and Fellows of Harvard College gave me a brief summary of how stereotypes and prejudice relate. Another part of the site gave facts as to what factors have led to stereotypes in America. It creates a timeline that starts with the 1700s when religions appeared to be stereotypical to other faiths. It ends with the 20th century, coincidentally having Muslims and Jews as their primary subject. The article goes into more details on how others portray Middle Eastern immigrants as dangerous and uncivilized. Although the main focus was on religion and how it connects to stereotypes it furthered my knowledge on how they started. By giving some gruesome examples of how many Muslims got treated in recent year, it leads me to believe that Americans pose a threat to...
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...the Intercultural Communication Reader by L Samovar which is on soft copy on Blackboard. Pick one article from either Chapter 1 or 3 for review. Ch. 01 – Understanding and Applying Intercultural McDaniel & Samovar Ch. 01 – Intercultural Communication in a Globalized Saint-Jacques Ch. 01 – “Harmony Without Uniformity” Miike Ch. 01 – Relevance and Application of Intercultural Korzenny Ch. 03 – The Impact of Confucianism Yum Ch. 03 – Some Basic Cultural Patterns Jain Ch. 03 – Communication with Egyptians Begley Ch. 03 – Russian Cultural Values Bergelson Ch. 03 – Cultural Patterns of the Maasai Skow & Samovar Guidelines: Read the article comprehensively and write a 2-4 page review that should include a summary and a critique (each of which should cover at least ¾ of a page). Use Times New Roman Font size 12 and 1.5 spacing. Submit the article review after two weeks. Hard copies should be handed in on the due date during class but no later than that. 2 Research Paper: (20%) Pick one topic/ question from the following and work with a partner to write a paper 2500-3000 words long (this does not include the cover page, TOC or List of Abbreviations page). Use the writing guidelines available in the library. No less than 8 academic sources are acceptable and at least two thirds should be from books, academic journals, respected magazines/ newspapers and academically reputable websites (NOTE: Wikipedia is not an academic source of information). A...
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...Definition | Stereotypes | unreliable, exaggerated generalizationsabout all members of a group that donot take individual differences intoaccount | Prejudice | is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of race/ethnicity, gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, nationality or other personal characteristics. It can also refer to unfounded beliefs and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence. | Labeling theory | a sociological approach introducedby Howard Becker that attempts toexplain why certain people are viewedas deviants and others engaging in thesame behavior are not | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: * Race * Ethnicity * Religion * Gender * Sexual orientation * Age * Disability Category | Stereotype 1 | Stereotype 2 | Stereotype 3 | Race | All Afro American can play basketball | White cannot dance | All Hispanics can speak English | Religion | all Muslims are terrorists. | All Catholic Priests molest boys | Christians are brainwashed | Gender Male | Is to be the financial provider | He is also to be assertive, competitive, independent, courageous, and career-focused. | Hold his emotions in check; and always initiate sex. | Part III Answer each question in 100 to 150 words related to those stereotypes: * What...
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