relation: http://go.griffith.ie/487/
title: Filtered Reality: The impact of the stereotypical   representation of ethnic groups on reality TV series  "90 Day Fiance" on its' viewers.
creator: Gwadah, Salamatu Tinnet
subject: H Social Sciences (General)
subject: HM Sociology
description: Diversity or the lack of diversity has always been an issue in both TV and film for quite a long time. However, another significant issue is the portrayal of ethnic stereotypes and   the misrepresentation or ethnic groups. While stereotypes are consistent in scripted TV, the existence of misinterpretations or generalizations present in a program that professes to be based on the real world appears to be unfitting. It is commonly recognized that unscripted television is not entirely "unscripted" and is formed by makers and editors of these shows. While unscripted television ought not to comprise of scripted stereotypes,   they have inquisitively advanced onto the screen and into our homes. Through content analysis, this study investigates how ethnicities on TLCs' 90 Day Fiance are portrayed on the showand whether they present generalizations and misinterpretations commonly found in scripted programming. The second source of research is a focus group to gather opinions from a third party regarding the depiction of ethnic groups on the show, including how accurate they think it is. There is also a secondary content analysis on social media content with a concentration on social networking site, Twitter to research further the impact and interpretation of the depiction on audience and viewers.
date: 2020-08
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: http://go.griffith.ie/487/1/Salamatu%20Gwadah.pdf
format: other
language: en
identifier: http://go.griffith.ie/487/2/Salamatu%20Gwadah.txt
identifier:   Gwadah, Salamatu Tinnet  (2020) Filtered Reality: The impact of the stereotypical representation of ethnic groups on reality TV series "90 Day Fiance" on its' viewers.  Masters thesis, Griffith College.