What is a Stereotype?
ster·e·o·type
ˈsterēəˌtīp/
noun
1. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
A stereotype is simply a commonly held belief that an individual that associates with a certain cluster constructed on characteristics of the individual. Slowly, society has been making a slight adjustment away from stereotyping.
MASS-MEDIA:
2 FACTORS OF STEREOTYPING:
ˈsterēəˌtīp/
noun
1. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
A stereotype is simply a commonly held belief that an individual that associates with a certain cluster constructed on characteristics of the individual. Slowly, society has been making a slight adjustment away from stereotyping.
MASS-MEDIA:
- Unfortunately, it is a difficult progression, especially since we depend on second-hand sources for our information. The main outlet of second-hand knowledge is the mass media. As a result of depending mainly on mass media, it in turns plays a major role in influencing the content of our culture. Stereotyping is a creation of culture, therefore, mass media has a strong influence in assisting and destroying stereotypical descriptions.
2 FACTORS OF STEREOTYPING:
- Stereotypes are outcomes of discrimination in social awareness: We have a tendency to see what we believe to see, and we have a tendency to falsify and distort the characteristics of others until it fits our stereotype of that specific group.
- Bias: This is the most significant factor in stereotyping. Our observations are highly subjective, and many people contribute to offensive portrayals of ethnic groups. Unfortunately, the judgement of a person's perception result in people seeing what they expect to see when they come in interaction with individuals of an ethnic group they view with injustice.