Chapter Three

While stereotypes have existed in the past, they do not exist today. People are too quick to judge a character in television or a movie. Characters portrayed are not supposed to represent every single person of a particular race, gender, religion, etc. People may be upset because of a way a character is shown and say that it is a stereotype, but is it a stereotype if that's how people really act? People get upset and say their race, gender, religion, etc are being stereotyped against in media but are could they just be upset because one of their negative attributes are publicly shown? I think so. People get offended far too easily today even when something is being truthfully displayed.
In addition, just because one character is portrayed a certain way, that does not mean that is how everyone portrays. The characters are representatives of themselves alone. The creators of these characters are showing their perspective of the world or situation.


When people get too involved in the media they can become anti social or socially awkward. It can also make people more radical in their ideology about things. I also think they can start to lose touch with reality. They grow a dependence on the media.