Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media

About this book

This expanded collection of new and fully revised explorations of media content identifies the ways we all have been negatively stereotyped and demonstrates how careful analysis of media portrayals can create more beneficial alternatives. Not all damaging stereotypes are obvious. In fact the pictorial stereotypes in the media that we dont notice could be the most harmful because we arent even aware of the negative false ideas they perpetrate. This book presents a series of original research essays on media images of groups including African Americans Latinos women the elderly the physically disabled gays and lesbians and Jewish Americans just to mention a few. Specific examples of these images are derived from a variety of sources such as advertising fine art film television shows cartoons the Internet and other media providing a wealth of material for students and professionals in almost any field. Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media Third Edition not only accurately describes and analyzes the medias harmful depictions of cultural groups but also offers creative ideas on alternative representations of these individuals. These discussions illuminate how each of us is responsible for contributing to a sea of meaning within our mass culture.