Exam 4: Racism in the Media: the Spread of Ideology

Television shows starring successful African Americans, such as the Cosby Show, helped to reduce stereotypes about other African Americans.

Blacks and Latinxs are more likely to be incarcerated than Whites because they commit more crimes.

The depiction of successful Blacks in television shows, such as the Cosby Show, helped to:

Chapter 4 describes stereotypes about Asian, Latina, and Black women. For each group, there is a stereotype of the:

We typically think of watching popular television shows such as Girls and Sex and the City as a harmless use of our leisure time. Discuss one way in which viewing these shows can harm non-White Americans.

Media portrayals of non-Whites may partly explain why so little is being done about racial disparities in a nation that values equality and democracy.

The stereotypical portrayals of racial groups on television are harmful in that they:

Whites are over-represented on television shows.

An example of social media being used in a way to create positive change is:

Which group is largely absent among portrayals of characters in video games?

There is evidence that social media has the potential to counter stereotypes in positive ways.

When Christian Peter, a White football player and Lawrence Phillips, a Black football player, both were accused of assault, only Phillips' case received national media coverage. This example demonstrates how:

Patricia Hill Collins contends that media representations of people of color vary by race, class, and gender. Discuss how African Americans' depictions in the media vary by social class and gender. How might these gendered and classed depictions shape intra-racial interactions in African American communities?

The Cosby Show, the top American sitcom for eight years in the 1980s, depicted a middle class Black family that consisted of a father who was a doctor, a mother who was a lawyer, and five children. Do the show's positive depictions of an African American family provide an example how racist ideology, at least in some television programs, has disappeared in the media? Why or why not?

Identify and discuss three ways in which controlling images influence everyone who encounters them.

Portrayals of people of color on television vary by:

Identify and discuss two specific ways in which racial stereotypes justify and reinforce the unequal treatment of non-White Americans.

Identify and discuss how user-generated videos, such as YouTube videos, hold the potential to counteract stereotypes of people of color. How can these user-generated videos also amplify racist stereotypes?

Which of the following "controlling images" are used to justify institutional inequalities in the United States?

Patricia Hill Collins defines _______ as current reflections of racial formations from prior historical periods.