COMM-200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Ageism

• School: American University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM-200
• Professor: Professor H

Document Summary

Adaptive process: people do not consider as many perspectives as possible, or they develop a view that does not accurately reflect reality. Writers unconsciously tend to write on stereotyped templates such as innercity and black-white and rich-poor . Race and ethnicity often has relevance for stories but should be used only when pertinent. Avoid using descriptive words that strengthen stereotypes such as oil- rich and nomadic to characterize arab-americans. The use of the term minority is problematic in an international sense.