'what is happening to our young people? they disrespect their elders; they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?' - Plato 4th century.
Stereotypes:
They originate in and reflect the power relations in society because they are part of a culture's ideology.
They marginalize people, treating them as 'the other'
They categorize people into groups whose members supposedly share inevitable characteristics, most typically, negative ones.
They are inflexible or rigid, thus not easily corrected.
they are simplistic
they are prejudgements not based on experience(they could be reinforced by negative personal experience).
Propaganda: a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.
what words describe youth and youth culture in today's media? - Ignorant to the law, no morals, thugs, uneducated, undisiplined, lazy, reckless...
our view on the elderly: fragile, old fasioned,
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