ethnicity representations in the media
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Representation
Ethnicity
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EthnicityDictionary Definition• 1. relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic,
and certain other traits in common• 2. relating to the classification of mankind into groups, esp on the basis of racial
characteristics • 3. denoting or deriving from the cultural traditions of a group of people: the ethnic
dances of Slovakia • 4. characteristic of another culture: the ethnic look ; ethnic food
• Your ethnicity is defined by your cultural identity which may demonstrate itself through customs, dress, food. Ethnicity suggests an identity that is based on a sense of place, ideology or religion. You can be British but of Jewish ethnicity.
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Ethnic Breakdown in UK
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Stereotypes of Ethnicity
Alvarado’s (1987) stereotypes in the representation of ethnicity and race;
• EXOTIC • DANGEROUS • PITIED • HUMOUROUS. • A recent revision of this has added the
SEXUALISED stereotype
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Change• Representation of people from other cultures in the media
has changed dramatically since earlier days where they were defined in their potential for comedy and ‘foreignness’
• Fawlty Towers: http://bit.ly/1jCS7JS
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Otherness
• People from other cultures still tend to be defined by their ‘otherness’. This can be see as either positive or negative.
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Stereotypes and mis-representation
• Some stereotypes and mis-representations can be dangerous as the representation that is constructed by the media is often the only experience of these cultures some audiences will have.
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Young Blacks
• Young black people have been demonised by some areas of the media and are presented as linked to violence and gang culture
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Tokenism
• Some programmes have representations of ethnic minorities. These tend to focus on the stereotypical aspects of that culture, for example arranged marriages.
Do you have any examples?
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Positive representations
• Ethnic minorities are presented more positively in the music industry where there is scope to celebrate their cultural roots.
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Question
• How are ethnic groups represented in the music industry?
Back up your points with specific examples
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Task
Find examples of ethnic minorities in the media for each of these categories
• EXOTIC • DANGEROUS • PITIED • HUMOUROUS. • SEXUALISED
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Big Fat Gypsy
• Clip
• How is this ethnicity represented in this programme.
• How is the representation constructed?• Does it use stereotypes or challenge the
stereotypes
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• Look at the Hotel Babylon extract below. To what extent are the stereotypes confirmed or contradicted?