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Intervening in the media's influence on stereotypes of race and ethnicity: The role of media literacy education
- Author
- Erica Scharrer, Srividya Ramasubramanian
- Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- Journal of Social Issues, wiley
- Abstract
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This article provides a review of the research record on the potential for media
literacy education to intervene in the media’s influence on racial and ethnic
stereotypes, and explores the theoretical concepts that underlie these efforts. It
situates media literacy theory and practice within particular emphases in the field
and synthesizes qualitative and quantitative studies. Quantitative research on
the effect of media literacy training and mediated counterstereotypes on reducing
racial/ethnic prejudice is described. In addition, we report qualitative data from an
ongoing study of early adolescents who took part in a media literacy curriculum
on stereotypes. The research record reveals that although the topic is severely
understudied, media literacy education holds great promise for its ability to shape
media-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and encourage an active and
critical stance toward media. - Keywords
- Digital Inclusion
- Tags
- Stereotypes and identity
- PGDMIL Course
- C03 – Audiences and Representation
- PGDMIL Block
- C03-B4: Inclusive Media Practices
- Has Part
- C03-U14: Stereotypes in Media Content
- Corpus Status
- Pending Review