Blog assignment 3:Media Stereotype

Blog assignment 3 about Media Stereotype

Please read through this interesting article on media stereotype: http://web.media.mit.edu/~ayah/MediaTheories/

Give a very short basic explanation of what media stereotype is? (Keep it short please!) From your personal experience, what other media stereotype (besides the example from the article) you have seen either on TV or in the movies?

Media stereotypes are inevitable, especially in the advertising, entertainment and news industries, which need as wide an audience as possible to quickly understand information. Stereotypes act like codes that give audiences a quick, common understanding of a person or group of people—usually relating to their class, ethnicity or race, gender, sexual orientation, social role or occupation.


Media awareness network,2009,media stereotyping, Available: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/index.cfm

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Based on my personal experience on media stereotype,in conjunction with my sports activities I always find that; if the movie is about basketball then it will certainly involve black people or african-american.They portray that they are the best in that sport and no one can beats them like the movie Glory Road and similar genre movies.

Also, if the movie is regarding ice hockey, the movie is always about the winter country and the people in the country are all the best player in the world.

The other media stereotype that i find is; if the movie is from america, they will always portray that the american are all great and are admired from all around the world.The heros in the movie will keep all the good and the for the bad things, it will always happen to the villains.Also,the heros can do the bad things as if it is a good thing and get away with it and even if the villain is already redeemed themself they will get punished again just because they are evil.

Also, if the movie is about dancing, african-american is always the best dancers and american will always try to compete with them.


Mlc Class
since there was no class last monday so, i won't post anything about it.