Research essay (First Draft)
Zoubaidatou Ouedraogo
Professor Jacobson
November 6, 2023
FIQWS 10108
Media Creating Stereotypes
Has it ever occurred to people how judging people online has become a natural on media?
Media is known for posting, being able to talk to friends and sharing videos. The videos that are
seen is can be nice or it can be hated. These can create stereotypes. People always have something
to say about someone else because they know their hiding behind the screen. There is always
judgement when comes to social media. There is also always an expectation of a person like their
race, gender, nationality, and religion. There can always be opinions about certain political/issue
that can lead to conflict online. Social media has a made a huge impact on society. Gender
stereotypes that have made an impact, women when their posting themselves there is always a
comment about how they should look or what they should. There are Race stereotypes where media
represent racial and ethnic groups with opinions. African American are seen as criminals or poor,
Hispanics are immigrants who doesn’t get paper or Asians because of their bodies. There are also
religious stereotypes, where people have misunderstanding, and they would make their opinion
about it because of event that happened or how they look. Lastly, Disability stereotypes, where
media picks on people with disabilities and how their different from other people who don’t have.
Women on social media often get bashed or praise for their looks. Media have standards
on how women should look the part. With this it leads may lead to people about how they should
always look on media before posting. Media tends to take what is being posted about women and
make their own comments about a person. “On Britney, Mia, and the Way the Media Treated
Women in the 90s”, is about two women from 1990s, Britney Spears and Mia Farrow, and how
they put their information about their lives on social media and during that time it explains how
women were treated during that time. Media try to unfold these women and start talking about
say their opinions about something that wasn’t about them. This led to stereotype because after
that social media was being rude to Brittney spears. Individuals on social media made mean
comments and basically cyberbully to Britney Spears. Social may also have their flaws, but they
have their differences because since she is a strong role model to most people, people would have
her back during that time. Mia Farrow was also be mistreated on social media due to the
relationship she shared on social media everyone have their opinions and they would also have
rude comments about it. “a four-part documentary on the relationship of Mia Farrow and Woody
Allen, their acrimonious split, and the sexual molestation allegations against Allen. I found it
profoundly hard to watch.” (Fast). Media has some good traits where they would stay up for
celebritiy.
“Long Before Facebook, The KGb Spread Fake news About Aids” refers to a historical perspective
on disinformation from media. There were false rumors about AIDS epidemic, and it draw
attention on social media. The importance of recognizing false information just to gain the
importance of social media.
