Stereotyping in media

1. Stereotyping in the
media
Jo Lowes

2. Which picture suggests guilt
and which suggest
innocence?

3. Michael Brown Shooting
Michael Brown was
shot on August 9,
2014, in Ferguson,
Missouri, a northern
suburb of St. Louis.
Brown, an 18-yearold-
unarmed black man,
was fatally shot by
Darren Wilson, 28, a
white Ferguson police
officer. The picture on
the right was chose by
the press to
accompany the article

4. #IfTheyGunnedMeDown
The
#IfTheyGunnedM
eDown twitter
response to the
medias
representation of
an innocent black
victim.

6. Trayvon Martin
Innocent or Guilty?

7. Trayvon Martin Shooting
When 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was
shot and killed by George Zimmerman,
the media questioned Martin’s character,
giving Americans reasons to jump to
Zimmerman’s defense. They attacked
Martin explicitly as a “thug” or tacitly with
remarks such as, “Why was Martin
wearing a hoodie if he wasn’t up to no
good?” and, “We can’t judge Zimmerman
because [we] don’t know all the facts.” To
these people, it didn’t matter that an
unarmed teen was dead.

8. The response was the Black Lives
Matter Social Media campaign

9. Islamaphobia in the Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrHO3UkH
54

10. All Muslims are not
terrorists

11. Can you think of examples when the
media has done this?

12. Not all
stereotyping is
negative
Innocent or
Guilty?

14. Brook Turner
Was caught sexually assaulting a
drunk unconscious woman
This was the first image released by
the media
Brook was quoted as being an
olympic hopeful and his swim times
given.

15. Father was quoted as
describing the incident as 'A
steep price to pay for 20
minutes of action’
Prosecutors recommended
six years in prison Judge
Aaron Persky sentenced
Turner to six months in the
Santa Clara County jail