With “2.9 televisions, 1.8 VCR’s, 3.1 radios, 2.6 tape player, 2.1 CD players, 1.4 video game players, and one television” it is common that most Americans get their news, and information from the media. In today’s world, escaping media has come close to impossible. In his article “Supersaturation, or, The Media Torrent and Disposable Feeling,” Gitlin states that many children, especially those who live in low income households, spend extensive amounts of time in front of the TV. The influence of media on children is tremendous, for example, “toddlers will …imitate actions they see other people do, including people they see on television,” and the images shown on media are not always the best. Images of models, and stereotypes fill the screen, and children unknowingly pick up what they see. Girls are taught from a young age
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This stereotype is heavily influenced by the modeling industry, in a 2015 BBC report one of the reporters says, “Some models these days are so skinny they do look anorexic.” At young ages girls are exposed to such figures, and are lead to believe that they need to look skinny and beautiful. Other stereotypes in media include, African Americans are not smart, African Americans and Hispanics are violent, Hispanics get pregnant at young ages, Asians have small eyes, and Muslims are terrorists. All of these stereotypes are erroneous, and are often very pernicious. Stereotypes such as these are often founded by some common trend or over exaggeration of media. An example is, the stereotype that all Hispanics get pregnant at a young age. This stereotype was popularized by repeated media reports on Hispanic teen pregnancies, while it is true that Hispanics have a higher rate for teen pregnancy, it is not true that all Hispanic teens will become pregnant. The media should report true stories, without over exaggerating them, and creating pernicious
This stereotype is heavily influenced by the modeling industry, in a 2015 BBC report one of the reporters says, “Some models these days are so skinny they do look anorexic.” At young ages girls are exposed to such figures, and are lead to believe that they need to look skinny and beautiful. Other stereotypes in media include, African Americans are not smart, African Americans and Hispanics are violent, Hispanics get pregnant at young ages, Asians have small eyes, and Muslims are terrorists. All of these stereotypes are erroneous, and are often very pernicious. Stereotypes such as these are often founded by some common trend or over exaggeration of media. An example is, the stereotype that all Hispanics get pregnant at a young age. This stereotype was popularized by repeated media reports on Hispanic teen pregnancies, while it is true that Hispanics have a higher rate for teen pregnancy, it is not true that all Hispanic teens will become pregnant. The media should report true stories, without over exaggerating them, and creating pernicious