Ethnicity

• What did cumberbach et all look at representations of ethnicity on?

  TV programmes
• What did cumberbach et al study focus on?

  It focused on 60 popular TV shows and found that people from ethnic minorities who held a speaking role was representative of the general population
• What groups did Cumberbach et al found were over represented ?

  Black African Caribbean groups
• What groups did Cumberbach et al found were under represented ?

  South Asian groups
• What did Cumberbachs study find?

  That people from ethnic minorities were more likely to be on entertainment shows and they are also represented on factual shows as key contributors such as interviewees
• What role in the media is ethnic minorities less likely to have?

  Presenters or have lead roles in dramas
• What does new technology mean for ethnic representations?

  There are now more specialist satellite and digital TV and radio channels. These cater for specific ethnic minorities and they’re controlled by people from these ethnic minorities (BBC Asian Network) However, there aren’t many people in power in mainstream media
• How do the Tabloid newspapers stereotype ethnic minority groups?

  As being a problem or a threat
• What did Van Dijk do?

  He made a detailed content analysis of headlines in 5 UK newspapers
• What did Van Dijk argue about ethnic representations?

  That there was often an association in the headlines between ethnic minorities and violent and negative language
• What can be a part of media representations of multiculturalism?

  Media portrayal of ethnic minorities. For example, TV and newspaper coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival
• What is an example of representations being idealised?

  Bend it like Beckham
• What did Cottle state about the media?

  That Its portrayal of ethnic minorities reinforce views of nonwhites as the other
• Why did Cottle criticise media portrayals of multiculturalism?

  He argues that they gloss over problems such as power imbalances between different ethnic groups and the historical effects of colonialism and racism
• What did Hartmann and Husband analyse?

  Children’s responses to the media
• What happened in a low ethnic mix according to Hartmann and Husband?

  Children’s responses believed negative media content and though of race relations in terms of conflict
• What happened in a high ethnic mix according to Hartmann and Husband?

  Children’s responses believed rejected media stereotypes in favour of their own experience
• What did Hartman and Husband conclude?

  That audience responses to ethnic minority stereotypes varies depending on the real life experience of the audience, as people dont accept the media stereotypes if they know better themselves