SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stereotype, Invisibility, O. J. Simpson
12 Feb 2014
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Media: the representation of minorities in media content. Under-representation of minorities: canada is a multicultural country far more multicultural than other western societies, despite the multiculturalism, we don"t see that reflected in our main stream media, news media minorities represented within the news media. Invisibility of visible minorities: john miller (1994), how canada"s daily newspapers shut out minorities . Study was over a two month period. Looked at the representation of visible minorities and aboriginal peoples in the news content of six major canadian newspapers. Minorities congregate in major cities: entertainment media, catherine murray (2002), silent on the set: cultural diversity and race in. Looking at english canadian dramas that had been produced from 1999 up until 2002: 12% of the characters in english canadian television dramas were visible minorities this was comparable to the number of visible minorities in the. Canadian population at the time (13%, according to the 2001 canadian consensus)
