Title: Native Americans: Negative impacts of media portrayals, stereotypes - The Journalist's Resource
Headings: Native Americans: Negative impacts of media portrayals, stereotypes
Native Americans: Negative impacts of media portrayals, stereotypes
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Farah Qureshi

Content: For example, exposure to common media portrayals has been shown to have a harmful impact on Native American high school students’ feelings about themselves, their community and their academic possibilities. Media depictions of Native Americans can influence how Native people see themselves. Some may be motivated to identify with representations, even if they are inaccurate, “simply because one representation is better than no representation.” The authors note that the ideas presented in their study have widespread implications for public policy. As one example, the authors suggest that policy makers support making schools “free from limiting and negative representations that influence the future potential of Native American students.” Another way to change how Native people are portrayed is by creating policies that require media outlets to consider how and when they represent minority groups. Keywords: Native Americans, indigenous, tribal, mass media, sterotype
About The Author
Farah Qureshi