The Media and the Promulgation of Stereotypes and the Islam Terrorism Phobia

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Case:The Media and the Promulgation of Stereotypes
News reports, television, movies, and commercials communicate stereotypes about perpetrators and victims of crime, gender roles, age groups, and numerous other diversity issues. People tend to believe what they see on television and read on news sites, implicitly trusting writers and reporters to be objective conveyors of what is actually occurring. Yet those who write and choose stories are not unbiased. Instead, they are products of a society in which racial, ethnic, gender, and other stereotypes exist; and can contribute to perpetuation of stereotypes. For example, minorities are disproportionately portrayed as perpetrators of crime in the news. One study found that over fourteen weeks, minorities were shown to be crime perpetrators in 20% more cases than would be predicted based on FBI statistics.
Although Whites comprise a greater proportion of arrests for drug-related crimes (67%), Blacks (31%) are more likely to be shown on television being arrested for such crimes. News reports are also more likely to portray Black on White crime, although most crime is intra-racial (e.g., Black on Black or White on White). The term “Black on Black” crime is well known, but “White on White” crime is not.
Chapter 4 describes research in which college-educated Black applicants without a criminal record received fewer positive responses from employers than college- educated White applicants with a record. In some cases, the Black applicant was asked in advance whether he had a record, reflecting beliefs likely in some part fueled by media representations. Divisive and erroneous stereotypes about Black men contribute to their higher unemployment when compared with comparably educated White men, lower participation rates (see Chapter 4), and a host of other individual, organizational, and societal problems. Researchers have documented relationships between television viewing and stereotyping of women and racial and ethnic minorities. For minorities, less actual contact with a group exacerbates the relationships between media viewing and stereotyping.
Questions to Consider
Chapter 2. Theories and Thinking About Diversity
Diversity in Organizations, 3rd Edition by Myrtle P. Bell
1. In addition to racial, ethnic, and gender stereotyping, what other kinds of stereotypes have you seen in the media? How do frequent portrayals of such stereotypes affect people’s perceptions of their veracity?
2. Choose one weeknight and one weekend night to watch television news during prime time. Describe the race, sex, approximate age, and other notable factors of people featured in the news. What diversity-related factors do you observe?
3. One commercial that has attempted to change what was a stereotypical statement is the revised Jif ® peanut butter commercial. Previous commercials said, “Choosy Moms choose Jif ®”; the newer one says, “Choosy Moms ... and Dads choose Jif ®.” What other stereotype-resistant commercials have you observed? What stereotype-supportive commercials have you observed? What messages are being conveyed?
4. Investigate the circumstances surrounding the 2010 Shirley Sherrod/USDA media-driven disaster. What could have prevented the disaster from spreading with such fervor?