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Media presentation of racial and other stereotypes

The presentation of stereotypes, such as discriminatory and prejudicial stereotypes of race, ethnicity and gender, in news media, film, television, music and social media.

Outcomes

Resilience

  • Vulnerability of individuals to violent extremist ideologies is reduced

    CVE programs may aim to address the ideologies that underpin the anti-Western rhetoric and messaging that violent extremist groups use to justify their actions. They may also aim to address broader social issues such as poor inter-communal relations, or negative racial or other stereotypes, which may be pre-conditions for radicalisation. Extremist messaging can come from a number of sources, including social media.

Ways to measure

See the Countering Violence Extremism Evaluation Indicator Document [Pp 67-74] for practical suggestions on ways to measure such as survey instruments, example questions and using administrative data.

  • Media monitoring
  • Content analysis of stereotypes (there does not appear to be any standardised measure that sets out criteria to assess whether something is a stereotypical representation of a specific group)
  • Interviews or focus groups