Stereotypes are oversimplified ideas about groups that are usually wrong. Stereotypes form the basis of discrimination and help inequality grow, especially against minorities. Mass media helps spread and normalize stereotypes. In media, women are often portrayed as weak and in need of saving by men. Racial stereotypes commonly depict Black people as violent, Asians as martial artists or cheap labor, and Latin people as domestic workers. Ethnic stereotypes sometimes show Jewish people as rich and greedy or Arabs as terrorists. Overall, the document discusses how mass media frequently relies on and promotes harmful stereotypes.

1. Stereotypes in media
By: mohamed attia

2. What is stereotypes
• Stereotypes is a simple over simplified image/Idea about a
certain group of people or about certain things.
• Stereotyping is usually wrong about those certain groups.
• Stereotypes form the backbone of discrimination and
prejudice.
• Stereotypes can affect whole societies negatively and
therefore affect some peoples lives negatively.
• Stereotypes helps inequality grow especially against
minorities
• Mass media helps stereotypes grow.

3. Women stereotypes
• Mass media usually represents women in a certain way
according to certain stereo types.
• The woman can either be shown as the weak princess who
needs to be saved by the protagonist of the film
• In action movies women are usually a burden to the main
character.
• There are more males as main characters than females.

4. Men stereotypes
• Men are usually portrayed as strong and enduring, and
showing emotions is sign of weakness.
• There are multiple types of stereotypical male stereo types
like the wounded man, the Scoundrel, the jock and the hero
who all take different roles throughout different movies.
• the modern image of a man according to mass media is
having a perfect masculine body and always being in control

5. Racial stereotypes
• Racial stereotypes are very common in mass media.
• Most common is the depiction of black people as more
violent ignorant or just unreliable characters.
• Asian people (east Asian) are depicted as cheap labour or
hard working class people, or that random martial art
character.
• Latin people are usually stereotyped by either the domestic
worker or the male buffoon

6. Ethnic stereotypes
• Jewish people are usually portrayed as the rich , cruel and
greedy stereotype, that would do anything for money.
• Arabs specifically Muslims had been portrayed as terrorists in
mass media in recent year before that they were seen as
nomadic uncivilized nomads in older media.