Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Media Stereotype

What is 'media stereotype'?

This is the question for this week. We all see stereotypes everywhere, in any form available. But what exactly is it?
First of all, stereotype is basically an overall impression or general idea of something.

Therefore, here's an explanation about this week's topic.
Media stereotype
is a general impression given to the audiences regarding certain things portrayed by the media. This can't be avoided since it is important to make the audience easily and quickly understand something presented to them. Yet still, media stereotype can be misleading and can cause misconception.

If you need to find out more about what media stereotype is all about, please feel free to visit this link: http://web.media.mit.edu/~ayah/MediaTheories/

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