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    Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I 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 Disability People think

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    Introduction The Mass Media is a unique feature of modern society; its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements‚ rapid social change‚ technological innovation‚ rising personal income and standard of life and the decline of some traditional forms of control and authority.  There is an association between the development of mass media and social change‚ although the degree and direction of this association is still debated upon

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    The mass media affects everyone in society. Everyone is affected by the media on a daily basis‚ and is influenced by it constantly. Through this the mass media is able to form stereotypes of individual groups of people and has the ability to persuade people to conform to those stereotypes. This also widely influences our views on different social groups. The mass media‚ through news‚ TV‚ films‚ newspapers‚ games etc.‚ are able to ‘inject’ whatever content‚ ideas‚ images etc. that they want to‚

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    issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media‚ institutional discrimination‚ and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole. What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Information about diversity in the United States has helped me better

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    The Perpetuation of Negative Images of African Americans through Mass Media Why as white people have we been lulled into thinking its safe to be around other white people. Why have we been taught since birth that it’s the people of that other color we need to fear? They’re the ones that will slit your throat (Moore 57). The mass media has played and will continue to play a crucial role in the way white Americans perceive African-Americans. As a result of the overwhelming media focus on

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    “Do you believe Caribbean Media are victims or causal factors of the Americanization of Caribbean Culture?” There has been an ongoing debate as to whether The Americanization phenomenon‚ has been perpetuated by the media across the Caribbean. It must be stated‚ that the Americanization phenomenon‚ can be synonymous with Globalisation. Hence it very pertinent to the discussion‚ to first defines the denotative meaning of the term Globalisation. (Dr.Maria Alfaro) defines Globalisation as: “A

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    CJT 645: Proseminar in Mass Communication Theory Spring 2011 Wednesday 1:00- 3:30 p.m. 223 Grehan Building Instructor Dr. Phil Hutchison phillip.hutchison@uky.edu or uofuhutch@hotmail.com 112 Grehan Building 323-3663 (no answering machine) TH 7:30-10:30; W 12-1 or by appointment Course Description This course offers a critical overview of evolving theories and research into “media effects‚” which we will loosely define as the social impact of media exposure. In this context‚ we will

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    In the United States‚ the people don’t always get the original story. Censorship is the act of suppressing unacceptable or unmoral parts. Media is censored all over the world for many reasons. Sometimes it is unmoral or is not the "right" religion. Other reasons media is censored is that it is offensive to a race or culture and that it puts the wrong ideas into people’s heads. Media censorship has always played a big role in American movies‚ music‚ books‚ and technology. First‚ let me give you an

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    dominant power structure in the United States. The first big idea about racism that I thought was powerful was when the first European settlers came to what is now American and used race to dominate and enslave the Native Americans. As Carmelita (Rosie) Castaneda and Ximena Zuniga state in their writings on Racism on page 58 of our textbooks‚ “Like other constructed social identities addressed throughout this book‚ race emerged historically in the United States to justify the dominance of peoples

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    Discrimination is the unjust treatment of one person or thing based on how they look‚ act‚ or feel. We can pass judgment on others based on different personalities and community surroundings. Some people discriminate unawarely and so often that they don’t realize the pain they cause others.

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