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POP CULTURE AND STEREOTYPES

POP CULTURE AND STEREOTYPES. Stereotypes. Generalizations made about the characteristics of specific groups Based on an image about what people are like in that specific group Generally acquired through media sources. Views within Pop Culture. Influences how people perceive other cultures

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POP CULTURE AND STEREOTYPES

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  1. POP CULTURE AND STEREOTYPES

  2. Stereotypes • Generalizations made about the characteristics of specific groups • Based on an image about what people are like in that specific group • Generally acquired through media sources

  3. Views within Pop Culture • Influences how people perceive other cultures • Showcases specific stereotypes within society • Promotes specific characteristics of people

  4. The Media and Understanding Other Cultures • Perpetuates Stereotypes • When characterizing particular groups, viewers tend to do the same • Generalizes ethnic groups ultimately creating judgements

  5. Media • Movies • Television

  6. Movies • Racial Comedies • Create stereotypes about Caucasian women • Formulates stereotypes of the typical ‘White American Girl’ • Exaggerates rich teenage lifestyle

  7. Television • Networks • Sitcoms • Reality TV

  8. Networks Features a plethora of Pop Culture aimed towards young generation viewers

  9. Sitcoms and Reality TV • A sitcom based on multiple ethnicities living together. Real life situations, real people. • Features personality traits of individuals • Ultimately creates and formulates stereotypes to cultures unknown to viewers • A series featuring a Caucasian single mother purchasing drugs from African American and Mexican Americans. • Focuses on the minority ethnicities and their relation to the drug epidemic in America

  10. Crime TV • The First 48 Hours • Created in some of the highly populated African American areas • Focused on crime and involving (but not limited to) African Americans • Interesting to the viewer creating lasting, unfair impressions

  11. Society can very well base their sole interpretations of ethnic groups from their exposure to stereotypes within the media. Media and Pop Culture has the power to influence mass amounts of people. From movies to television shows and music, Pop Culture is all around us. Without proper exposure to true cultural diversity, Pop Culture will influence how people view other cultures by exploiting ethnicities and creating stereotypes.

  12. References Bennett, Andy; Barry Shank; and Jayson Toynbee, eds. The Popular Music Studies Reader. Routledge, 2006. Bell-Jprdan, K.E. (2008). Black, white and a survivor of The Real World: Constructions of race on reality TV. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25, 353-372. Beye, B (writer). (2005). ‘weeds’ continues to grow negative sterotypes [Radio series episode]. In News and Notes. NPR. Kaplan, E. Ann. Rocking Around the Clock: Music Television, Postmodernism and Consumer Culture. New York: Methuen, 1987. Watching Race: Television and the Struggle for "Blackness." Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995 Reed, T.V. (2011). Popular Culture. Retrieved from http://culturalpolitics.net Culturalpolitics.net is a great tool to utilize when trying to grasp an understanding of all aspects of culture. It provides a great deal of information in regards to cultures and the effects they have on our social lives. It has specific focuses on Pop Culture, Digital Cultures, Social Movements and Culture as well as other focuses. Robert. Lichter., S. L.S. (2011) Does tv shape ethnic images?. Retreived from http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/does-tv-shape-ethnic-images Medialit.org is a site that contains a reading room full of articles. Medialit.org focuses on Media and Values and has an array of articles and subjects to choose from. It is a helpful site that focuses in on education and can be helpful when acquiring information regarding the media.

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