Representation:

A representation is how something is perceived and shown in the media. This allows the directors to establish a character and how they interact with other characters.

Stereotype:

stereotypes are judgements passed on people by a certain social convention that they follow. For example, if there is a young person in a hoodie, with other youths, they are teenagers looking for trouble.



Class
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability
Sexuality

Working Class

Homosexual Males

Islamic People

Stereotypes on family guy

Spanish people beat women all Mexican

Asian people can't drive

Japan and chibi small stuff

Black women and hindsight talk

All Mexicans can clean

Italians are super hypothetical

Asian families have no privacy

Black women going mhh hmm

all muslims are terrorists

People on the subway are rude

Priests molest children

Effects within stereotypes:

Within stereotypes there are good stereotypes and bad stereotypes. an example of a good stereotype would be that women are good mothers. An example of a bad stereotype is that all people from islam are terrorists. There is a very fine line between bad stereotypes and being prejudice.