Ethnic Minorities In Media

There is a lack of diversity of ethnic minorities being represented in popular mass media not only in today’s media, but was also evident in the 1960s and 1970s (Tkuachinsky, 2015). The media does not create equal opportunities for representations and thus, some groups are over represented, while others are less represented or ignored altogether (Leavitt, 2015). The ways in which minority groups are represented in the media shapes how society views minorities. For example, African American’s are frequently overrepresented in the media and this often results in reinforcing particular stereotypes. Whereas, underrepresentation can also make certain groups seem invisible or nonexistent within media content (Jackson, 2016). Dominant media content