Stereotype are commonly seen in media presentation. It usually labels one group or community to a specific characteristic. Most of the stereotype are negative. In other word, criticize the whole group or community. Therefore, the whole world will label that community because of the stereotype media.
Stereotype media can label a community to a positive (eg. tall men are good in basketball) or negative (eg. female drivers are bad drivers) characteristic. It creates an identity to a community. Stereotypes ignore the uniqueness of individuals by painting all members of a group with the same brush.
"In literature and art, stereotypes are clichéd or predictable characters or situations. Throughout history, storytellers have drawn from stereotypical characters and situations, in order to connect the audience with new tales immediately." quote from Wikipedia
In order to connect with the audience, most of the storytellers characterize the character according to the history or the implant of characteristic about the certain community. Therefore, the judgement about the community will be deeper and deeper.
In the disaster drama film World Trade Center (2006), it is about the terrorism attacks at September 11, 2001 in New York City, in which two planes crashed into the buildings of the World Trade Center. This movie is directed by Oliver Stone. This movie has label Afghanistan as a "communist" country.
After the terrorist attack in New York City, all of people Afghanistan is labeled as a terrorist. This is because of the media that to "people of Afghanistan" instead of the specific person who had done the terrorism.
This proves that the stereotype in media presentation has a high influence on us.
At last, I must enforce that not all stereotype are true. Therefore, do not take the judgement too early because of media about criticism on certain community.
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