Foundations of social identities
This means all genders have equal rights, opportunities, and treatment.
Gender equality
A negative attitude or belief about a group of people before knowing them
Prejudice
Beliefs shaped by experiences, culture, and identity
worldview
Ability to control or influence others
power
Media influences social justice by shaping people’s views about fairness and this concept
Equality
Women are often paid less than men because of discrimination, job segregation, and unequal opportunities.
Gender pay gap
Oversimplified idea about a group
stereotype
What shapes how people see the world (beliefs, experiences, culture)
identity
How someone sees themselves in society
identity
Media often assigns these expectations to boys and girls
Gender roles
These are fixed ideas about how men and women should act.
Gender stereotypes
Unconscious bias
implicit
Shared beliefs, values, and customs of a group
culture
How groups are shown in media
representation
Respecting people's ------ is described as essential for social justice
dignity
---------- refers to color of person's skin and physical traits often socially defined
--------- refers to shared culture, language, ancestry, or traditions.
Race and ethnicity
Unfair treatment of groups
Understanding culture before judging it
cultural relativism
When one group is treated as “normal”
privilege
--------------- in media is false or inaccurate information that is shared, but not always intentionally meant to deceive.
misinformation
They were put in residential schools, separated from their familes, forced to follow European culture and traditions. Many Many experienced abuse, loss of language, culture, and family connection.
Indigenous peoples
Not acting because others are present. What happened to Kitty Genovese who was stabbed and killed in New York in 1964 was a result of the ------- effect
Bystander Effect
The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others
Ethnocentrism
Learning beliefs through media
socialization
The process of treating certain groups as “different,” “outsiders,” or less normal compared to a dominant group.
In media, this happens when films, news, TV shows, or social media repeatedly portray some groups in narrow or negative ways
Othering