media, media, media.....

So whats this media stereotype all about? From what i learned reading the article 'Ayah Bdeir- That's all Sheikh', media stereotype acts as the focus on a certain group of people or their ethnic. In the advertising and entertainment industries, media stereotype is widely used in all sorts of ways. This is very important in the media industries, but it can be used in a wrong

The popular American TV cartoon series 'The Simpsons' shows us one example of media stereotyping. In this TV series shows us the typical characteristics of females and males gender roles where the man (Homer Simpson) is portrayed as a drunken, obese ogre who is stupid and does not know how to behave properly or show a decent and proper manner towards his children whereas the woman (Marge Simpson) is portrayed as a sensible, musically orientated and fun-loving person.

Stereotypes are commonly given to people with blond hair.The popular saying about blonds is that "all blonds are bimbos" is commonly associated to blond haired women and being assumed as a young, sexy girl with long blond hair, large breasts, long legs who is stupid and superficial.