Do stereotypes of minorities in film cause the viewers to form the
same or similar stereotypes and are their statistics to prove it?

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Clarification of Question by xqwizitt-ga on 01 May 2006 20:54 PDT

Does the audience apply the same stereotypes of minorities they view
in films to minorities they encounter in public?

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Clarification of Question by xqwizitt-ga on 01 May 2006 20:56 PDT

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This study, which involves gender stereotypes, might interest you:

http://www.springerlink.com/index/P131232437812727.pdf

'stereotypes of minorities in film'

I would imagine that most 'minorities' that people actually meet in
real life are so far removed than the 'stereotypes' they see in films,
that they make a mental adjustment.

I suppose it is possible that some 'minorities' emulate what they see
in films, especially kids - a case of Nature emulating Art.