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Stereotypes and the Media

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Lesson objectives

1. To gain an understanding of stereotyping and how it impacts upon teenagers.

2. To consider how the media can misrepresent teenagers and how this can influence society’s perceptions.

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Match the key words to the meanings:

• Media• Myth• Stereotype• Lie• Misrepresentation• Extreme• Dominates• Truth• Fact

• Excessive• Take over/ dominate• A false representation• Reality• Fib/ untruth• Legend/ fairytale• Label• Newspapers/

magazines/ TV/ radio

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Starter

Media Myth Stereotype Lie Misrepresentation MisrepresentExtreme Dominates Truth

Fact

Task:Write 5 possible sentences using at least two

of the key words in that sentence. Eg. The media often stereotype people.

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Misrepresentation

• Can you think of any groups of people who have been misrepresented in the media?

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• Is this a fair representation of teenagers? What is this idea of teenagers based on?

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Teenagers in the Media

1. What impressions of young people do the headlines give?

2. How does the media’s portrayal affect people’s attitudes towards teenagers?

3. Can you think of a time when you have been judged or treated unfairly because of stereotypes created by the media?

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“Only 2 school childrenallowed in at a time”

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Task

Produce a piece of work expressing your responses to the headlines. You can do this by:

• Writing a letter of complaint to the editor of the newspaper

Or:

• Creating a campaign poster highlighting unfairness of stereotyping in newspapers.

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To finish…

In a report carried out by the Media Intelligence Survey, 9/10 stories in the British media do not report young people’s views. Only 23% of media coverage is positive and 75% media stories were negative towards young people.

• List 3 rules you would like to introduce to change this negative portrayal within the media.

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Homework

Use newspapers to create a collage of headlines that stereotype people.

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