...Disabled people in Media I chose people with disabilities simply because I have several family members that have disabilities. I did a lot of research online and found that the United States is a lot more reserved than places like the United Kingdom. People as a whole, I think, stereotype disabled persons as being useless or a burden on society as explained by people I interviewed. There are many things that contribute to being “disabled.” They can be obviously impaired on one way or another suck as needing the use of a wheelchair or mentally impaired such as having a form of mental retardation. Many things, such as birth defects, injuries, age, chemical addiction, or medical conditions, can cause both of these examples of disabilities. In his 1991 study, Paul Hunt identified 10 stereotypes that the media use to portray disabled people: 1. The disabled person as pitiable or pathetic 2. An object of curiosity or violence 3. Sinister or evil 4. The super cripple 5. As atmosphere 6. Laughable 7. His/her own worst enemy 8. As a burden 9. As Non-sexual 10.Being unable to participate in daily life Shakespeare (1999) presents a potential reason behind the use of one of these stereotypes: "The use of disability as character trait, plot device, or as atmosphere is a lazy short-cut. These representations are not accurate or fair reflections of the actual experience of disabled people. Such stereotypes reinforce...
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...Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least three related stereotypes for each: * Race * Ethnicity * Religion * Gender * Sexual orientation * Age * Disability Category | Stereotype 1 | Stereotype 2 | Stereotype 3 | Gender | Women are not as strong as men | Women are never in charge | Women are put on this earth to be house wives and/or servants | Disability | If people with a disability have kids the. Their child is more like to be disabled has well | Only people who use wheelchairs or a walker can use disabled parking spaces | A disabled employee can't possibly do as good of work as a non disabled employee | Race | Whites can't dance | Black people are ghetto | Latino people have lots of kids | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. * What are the positive aspects of stereotypes, if any? In my opinion I do not believe that there is a positive side when it comes to stereotyping. Just because a person looks a different way doesn't mean that they are like other people who look like them. When I say this I mean people of color. I personally know white people and they can dance...
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...Everyone has experienced a stereotype directed towards them once in their life whether it be based on race, gender, status, physical ability or appearance. People who use stereotypes fail to realize the impact it could have on the receiver of the statements. In most cases, stereotypes are not accurate and marginalize people, making them feel distanced from society. The essays “Disability” by Nancy Mairs and “Fatso” by Cheryl Peck both deal with women who have been pushed to edges of normal society due to their stereotypical identities. “Disability” is about a woman who has trouble walking and uses a wheelchair, due to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The author is disappointed by how she is seen as physically dependent on people and...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |All Mexicans are illegal. |All Asains are bad drivers. |Blacks are good at all sports. | |Gender |Women are bad drivers |Men are dirty. |A woman can’t work the same jobs | | | | |as a man. | |Disability |Disabled people are sick. |Someone with a disability should |Disabled people will not have a | | | |be treated special. |fulfilled life. | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes | unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences | | |into account. | |Prejudice |a negative attitude that rejects an entire group; a negative attitude toward an entire category of | | |people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. | | | | | |1: injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; | | |especially : detriment to one's legal rights or claims | | | | | |2 a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion | | | ...
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...mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses or activities.” From this definition alone, disability is seen as a limiting factor or problem. There are two models that view disability from different points of view. The medical model sees disability as a problem that needs fixing, more like a malfunctioning machine. The social model emphasizes that disability is a problem created by the society and not actually existing in the individual by creating unequal outcomes for physically impaired people as compared to able bodied persons. It brings out the difference between disability and impairment (Carson, 2009). The fact that society itself views them as a minority group is the reason I chose this group (I personally have a passion for taking care of the disadvantaged in the society). The society is responsible for all the stigma and stereotyping that is associated with disabled people thus making their lives unnecessarily hard. Taking care of such people in the society can bring joy and add value to both the care giver and receiver or appear as a burden to the care giver, depending on the attitude one has towards the issue (Carson, 2009). Since I love taking care of the less fortunate in the society, it is a pleasurable task to me. The layout of the production is also fairly simple, but still communicates the message...
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...illustrates the life of a teenage surfer after becoming an amputee due to a shark attack through an inspirational parable. The film inspires the non-disabled community while alienating the disabled community due to the simplistic undertone of a tragic event and the glossing over a crucial process for amputees; healing and recuperation. Although the film accurately illustrates the psychological effects and the acceptance of the amputation, the director prioritizes the audience’s emotional attachment to the moral lesson of the narrative by utilizing the “supercrip” stereotype. The “supercrip” stereotype leads society to objectify people with disabilities, due to the constant use of these inaccurate...
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...beer-drinking men who are defined as much by their kindness as their physical strength. Guinness managed to put a positive spin on disability, portraying people with disabilities as having just as much fun with good friends as people without disabilities. As the men partake in an intense game of wheelchair basketball, there is soothing and emotional music playing in the background, which sounds very inspiring to viewers. The ad starts off with a ball being shot at the hoop, we do not see who shot it. I automatically assumed that it was likely someone without a disability shooting because most athletes are not disabled. After I saw who was playing, I right away immediately assumed they were all disabled because they were all putting in an equal amount of effort and all in wheelchairs. The ad does not point out who the actual disabled player is until most of the men stand up after the game, except for one who remains in his wheelchair. This revealed that they were using the chairs to include a friend who has a physical disability. There is no audience; they are not looking for accolades. They are simplyenjoying fellow athletes on the same level. Society has often created a stereotype of people in wheelchairs to be as weak, fragile, and incapable. The men are playing very physically, and it forces viewers to immediately erase the stereotype of people in wheelchairs being fragile. One of the men even falls to his side in the wheelchair and gets back up on his own. He is independent and doesn’t...
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...Handicapped Does not Mean Handi-can’t Media Portrayals of disabled Americans Monica Franklin University of the Rockies Abstract This paper will discuss the way the media portrays people with disabilities. One aspect of our culture that has been misrepresented in the media is the portrayal of people with handicaps or disabilities. Unfortunately people with disabilities have been given a bad rap due to negative images displayed by the media, thus leading to negative perceptions. These perceptions lead to isolation and ridicule. The paper will also focus on the negative effects of stereotypes used to describe this group. Images will also be displayed throughout the paper that represents what the media would like society to see as disabled in America. Key Words: Disability, isolation, perceptions, misrepresentation, negative , images disabled. Handicapped Does not Mean Handi-cant Media Portrayals of disabled Americans Television has been a part of our lives since the early 1920’s and mass media has been instrumental in the portrayals of American culture, but what do you envision when you hear the word disabled? What do you envision when you hear handicap? One aspect of our culture that has been misrepresented in the media is the portrayal of people with handicaps or disabilities. According to the portrayal in the media, rumor has it that people with disabilities are needy, dependant, submissive and always the center of distasteful jokes. Disability by definition...
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...Spread It to End It Labeling and stereotypes, words or phrases that we place on people every day, possibly without even knowing it. It’s funny to do it with our friends and it has become an accepted concept within our society, but have you ever stopped to think about what you’re actually doing? I’m guessing, probably not. Gordon Allport wrote in his excerpt from our Language Awareness book titled, The Language of Prejudice, “Most people are unaware of this basic law of language—that every label applied to a given person refers properly only to one aspect of his nature” (325). Meaning that we place these labels on others without realizing the negative effects and understanding the harm that’s being done. The labeling being set on others can...
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...certain things that make it unequal. This means that the society experiences troubles because some aspects of it are making it uneven due to views, beliefs and attitudes being expressed and conflicting. This could occur because people view themselves as a higher social class than others. Therefore, social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-social-inequality-in-sociology-definition-effects-causes.html People who may be unlucky within societies could be the subject of; P1- EXPLAIN THE CONCEPTS OF AN UNEQUAL SOCIETY STEREOTYPING This is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. There can be both positive and negative stereotypes which can have a negative effect on a person. For example, one racial stereotype is that Asian students are really good at math. This is a positive stereotype, but it can make an Asian student feel pressure and feel like a failure if he isn't good at math, which is a negative outcome. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereotype PREJUDICE Prejudice is a feeling towards a person based on their affiliation with a group. As with stereotypes, prejudice can be either positive or negative. For example, a person can decide that he really likes vegetarians or he can decide that he really doesn't like vegetarians. If he likes them, it is a positive prejudice, whereas...
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...terms: Term | Definition | Stereotypes | A 'stereotype' is a belief that can be held by anybody[1] about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. | Prejudice | The word prejudice is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, nationality or other personal characteristics | Labeling theory | Labeling theory focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: * Race * Ethnicity * Religion * Gender * Sexual orientation * Age * Disability Category | Stereotype 1 | Stereotype 2 | Stereotype 3 | Disability | One of the general stereotypes that a disabled person may face, is being used as a comic relief or point of humor because of their disability | Another stereotype is the belief that a disable person(s) may be Incapable of everyday life, not being able to participate in everyday activities, or even socialize. | Last but not least, many disabled people are outcast because of how they may look or even based on their disability and they may even be labeled as a “Freak”. | Gender | One of the most common stereotypes, is the fact that because women...
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...Opera What is a disability? The term itself can be defined as “a physical or mental handicap, especially one that prevents a person from living a full, normal life” (Dictionary.com). In media, disabilities are numerous and can be depicted in a variety of ways. In the film, Phantom of the Opera, the 2004 version, directed by Joel Schumacher, stereotypes for those with disabilities arise. The reason why the Phantom of the Opera can be looked at as a film that enforces a stereotype is because of the phantom himself. Due to his deformity, the phantom presents that the disabled are evil and should be kept away from their present societies. When a present society rejects one based on their disability, they are bound to seek revenge. According to Jack Nelson’s, “Broken Images: Portrayals of Those with Disabilities in American Media”, “disabled villains rail against their “fate” and vow to...
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...diversity. In class we learned about different groups of people in the US, and each group's history, economic and social settings, including social justice and how much “power” they're given. Each group...
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...real life examples throughout her argument, which is conducive to a thought out essay. The first step to a proposal argument is defining a problem or need, which is what Riley did. 3) The guidelines for portraying people with disabilities is, in my opinion, particular. The guideline aims to define the vocabulary of what people with disabilities prefer to be associated with. Personally, I find the guidelines necessary because many people are misinformed or don’t know how to identify disabled people properly, so this can prove useful. 4) In the case of Colin, and his depiction in the movie “The Secret Garden”, Riley’s stereotypes prove to be true. In the film, Colin, a bedridden boy, is depicted as “pitiable and pathetic; sweet and innocent; a miracle cure”. The expected outcome of a character who is disabled. Now, this can create issues within the disabilities community because of the portrayal of a disabled person. Thus, bringing back to light Riley’s “Guideline for Portraying people with Disabilities in the Media”. Link:...
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