Media And Stereotypes

Whether or not we’re consciously aware of it, we almost immediately form associations when we encounter a particular body type, live or animated. Our biases continue to flourish today with the help of various media platforms, making them powerful and dangerous tools affecting social behavior. The media’s involvement with shaping these attitudes have placed the Western world in a type of causality loop; media platforms relay stereotypes to the public, and with our acceptance of them as reality, we are essentially allowing those platforms to continue communicating these messages. This notion expresses the need for a change somewhere within this endless cycle in order for us to break it.
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