Critical reflection 2 (WEEK 6)

From your personal experience, what other media stereotype you have seen either on TV or in the movies?


While In my opinion, television have improved in its character of females, many of the women feature on TV to be someone's wife or girlfriend .Television children are generally cast in gender relate role, the girls playing with dolls and the boys play at sports. Similarly, the character of mothers-in-law, gays, police officers, and truck drivers tends toward the stereotypical.

Culture of stereotypes are also popular in television. However, minorities are portrayed stereotypically and rich as the white majority.

Because stereotyping will lead by children to form false impressions of societal groups, it is important that students recognize stereotypes and understand the role they play in television. Students must tune into the ways television treats people, recognize how they themselves relate to TV characters, and understand how these characters can influence their ideas about the real people in their communities.