A recent survey found that 58 percent of American TV content viewers feel that the media, regarding both news and entertainment, reinforces harmful stereotypes about diverse people in the United States. An even greater proportion felt that the media has a responsibility to undermine these stereotypes, with 68 percent of respondents reporting that it is important for the media to represent the diversity in American communities.
Impact of TV content on perpetuating stereotypes in the United States as of March 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
The media plays a very big role in reinforcing stereotypes
58%
It is important the media represent diverse people in a way that bust stereotypes
Question: Does the media (including both news and entertainment) play a very big role in reinforcing stereotypes about diverse people and communities in the U.S.?
Question: Is it important that the media represent diverse people and communities in ways that bust stereotypes?
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Horowitz Research. (July 1, 2020). Impact of TV content on perpetuating stereotypes in the United States as of March 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1136068/media-reinforces-stereotypes-in-us/
Horowitz Research. "Impact of TV content on perpetuating stereotypes in the United States as of March 2020." Chart. July 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1136068/media-reinforces-stereotypes-in-us/
Horowitz Research. (2020). Impact of TV content on perpetuating stereotypes in the United States as of March 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1136068/media-reinforces-stereotypes-in-us/
Horowitz Research. "Impact of Tv Content on Perpetuating Stereotypes in The United States as of March 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1136068/media-reinforces-stereotypes-in-us/
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Impact of TV content on perpetuating stereotypes in the United States as of March 2020 [Graph], Horowitz Research, July 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1136068/media-reinforces-stereotypes-in-us/
