Stereotyping in the mediaJo Lowes

Which picture suggests guilt

and which suggest

innocence?

Michael Brown Shooting

Michael Brown was

shot on August 9,

2014, in Ferguson,

Missouri, a northern

suburb of St. Louis.

Brown, an 18-yearold-

unarmed black man,

was fatally shot by

Darren Wilson, 28, a

white Ferguson police

officer. The picture on

the right was chose by

the press to

accompany the article

on the shooting

#IfTheyGunnedMeDown

The

#IfTheyGunnedM

eDown twitter

response to the

medias

representation of

an innocent black

victim.

Trayvon Martin

Innocent or Guilty?

Trayvon Martin Shooting

When 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was

shot and killed by George Zimmerman,

the media questioned Martin’s character,

giving Americans reasons to jump to

Zimmerman’s defense. They attacked

Martin explicitly as a “thug” or tacitly with

remarks such as, “Why was Martin

wearing a hoodie if he wasn’t up to no

good?” and, “We can’t judge Zimmerman

because [we] don’t know all the facts.” To

these people, it didn’t matter that an

unarmed teen was dead.

The response was the Black Lives

Matter Social Media campaign

Islamaphobia in the Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrHO3UkH

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All Muslims are not

terrorists

Can you think of examples when the

media has done this?

Not all

stereotyping is

negative

Innocent or

Guilty?

Brook Turner

Was caught sexually assaulting a

drunk unconscious woman

This was the first image released by

the media

Brook was quoted as being an

olympic hopeful and his swim times

given.

Father was quoted as

describing the incident as 'A

steep price to pay for 20

minutes of action’

Prosecutors recommended

six years in prison Judge

Aaron Persky sentenced

Turner to six months in the

Santa Clara County jail