Runing Head: Stereotype IN THE MEDIA The Portrayal of Stereotypes in Different Genres of Television Daniel Waters Perth Modern School Abstract The purpose of this research is aimed to compare the frequence of stereotypes between different genres of premier clip telecasting shows. 36 Year 11 pupils were enrolled to enter the figure of stereotypes they saw portrayed in televised media. The consequences were collated to compare how many stereotypes appeared in the genres. Consequences indicated that News portrayed the most stereotypes. followed by comedy. so by play.

Consequences interpreted showed intelligence stereotypes are considered more socially acceptable. whereas comedy stereotypes can be viewed as violative and non suited for kids. Drama was really similar to comedy. Stereotypes and their Pervasiveness in the Media The media these yearss is littered with stereotypes. These stereotypes portray a battalion of different classs. such as age. race. faith. sex and gender. largely in a negative visible radiation. The elderly. for illustration. hold bad hearing ; Moslems are all violent and self-destructive ; and the Gallic have a clannish attitude. love for frogs legs. and a hatred for the English.

While stereotypes tend to hold a grain of truth within them ( the French truly make detest the English ) . they tend to overlook the differences between persons. doing them excessively generalized and undependable. Despite this inaccuracy. the media still does this frequently. While stereotypes are used in comedy “for the lulz. ” they are intentionally used in this mode. unlike in certain intelligence and current personal businesss shows. where it is used out of ignorance and efficiency.

Because of the manner media has stereotyped minorities. society has absorbed this into mundane usage and many find it socially acceptable to utilize violative stereotypes in mundane conversations. While comedy shows are non seeking to pique and proliferate stereotypes. they in fact cause more injury than intelligence and current personal businesss plans. The Simpsons. a telecasting show known good for its satirical voice and comedic societal commentary. is scattered with stereotypes. many of immigrants. Apu. an Indian convenience shop proprietor who appears frequently in the show. is ungenerous and has a recognisably Indian speech pattern and prays to his Hindu God. Ganesh.

This inaccurate portraiture of Indian immigrants is perceived to be humorous by the populace. but they are likely to use these stereotypes to existent people if their misconceptions are non corrected. This research aimed to compare the frequence of stereotypes between different genres of premier clip telecasting shows. The genres compared were comedy. play and intelligence. The hypothesis is that comedy will hold the most stereotypes. followed by intelligence. so by play. Method Participants The participants in this probe were 36 15 to 16 twelvemonth olds in twelvemonth 11 of high school.

The pupils were all academically selective and were largely Caucasic. The participants chosen were all psychological science pupils. taught by the same instructor. Parents had given permission to take part in this research and signed a permission faux pas for pupils to watch at least 3 premier clip telecasting shows within two hebdomads. one to be intelligence or current personal businesss. the other two being of their pick. Apparatus A log sheet was given ( see appendix A ) to enter the sum of clip watching telecasting. and the figure of stereotypes noticed.

Televisions were to be provided by the participants. So were pens. Procedure The 36 participants were instructed to watch telecasting between the hours of 5 and 10pm. While watching telecasting. they were to enter the figure of times they saw a stereotype being portrayed and remark on what was being portrayed. This took topographic point over two hebdomads. after which the consequences were collated and analysed. Result The consequences are shown in chart signifier in Appendix B and C. Once the consequences were graphed at that place was non much of a difference between the genres.

The information in the graph is collected from a figure of participants’ log sheets. 30 people watched intelligence. 21 watched comedy. and 19 watched play. The graph didn’t show a individual genre to incorporate significantly more stereotypes. [ movie ] The graph above shows that at that place seems to be less of a spread between different stereotypes in comedy. while intelligence has more stereotypes of age and less of faith. Drama has less stereotypes than the others. even when the deficiency of viewing audiences is factored in. Race and gender are the stereotypes most portrayed by telecasting.

Discussion The informations partly supports the hypothesis. Despite play being the genre of telecasting with the least stereotypes. comedy came 2nd to intelligence. News portrayed a batch more stereotypes of age. This is likely a consequence of violent onslaughts on old people in their places. The least depicted were gender. most likely a consequence of ailments of sexually expressed stuff being aired. The consequences do demo a big sum of stereotypes are present in telecasting shows. The stereotyping has a inclination to do things quicker and less time-consuming.

After all. how is it possible to name all the political. societal. economic. ideological and theological differences of a population of about 6 billion? The truth of this probe is to be questioned. While it is possible to trust on this information. it is non traveling to be wholly accurate and it may non show the true sum of pigeonholing done on telecasting. If. for illustration. all the intelligence shos watched were from the same web. this would impact the consequences. Other webs may be more colored or even more impartial. The deficiency of ordinance of the plans and webs would hold had some consequence on the truth of the consequences.

Besides. the method of entering the stereotypes might besides impact the consequences. With a really obscure system. it is impossible to be exact on what stereotypes are displayed. and whether they are a simple remark on turbans. or a fully fledged onslaught on the wonts of old people. Very small research has been done into the figure of stereotypes portrayed on telecasting. as opposed to countless surveies into the injuriousness of these stereotypes on waxy kids and even grownups. The research shows that there are a batch of stereotypes on telecasting. at least 5 or 6 per plan.

This research is portion of understanding how telecasting webs design their shows. and how stereotypes are used as they are instrumental to doing alterations to unjust word picture of minorities in the media. If the stereotypes are deemed inappropriate so it would be improbable to do things any better when it comes to international dealingss and even domestic dealingss. There has been a batch of fury aimed at the Australians who assaulted two Indian pupils in Sydney. The Acts of the Apostless of force against minorities have escalated late. Further research may venture into stereotyping of specific minorities. to analyze the inside informations of stereotyping.