Media+Timeline

=__**Timeline of Important events**__=

William Ged 1690 William Ged was a printer in the 1690’s. A lot of people back then were printers and you were told that you couldn’t amount to anything if you were a printer. This was the very first stereotyping to be recalled.

Jim Crow - 1832 Jim crow is an important figure to our topic because he is the one who really started allot of the stereotypes about blacks. He acted stupid and lazy both were then stereotypes of black all around the country.

Invention of Radio - 1878 Since the radio was invented before the T.V it had a bit more of a head start but still has fallen behind in the ability to produce stereotypes. but since then people have been able to at least listen to the jim crow act and all other sorts of propaganda only broadcasting the white American.

Invention of Television - 1927 If it were not for the T.V, many of the stereotypes we see and hear today would not spread as fast as they did and maybe not even been made. so the Television is a leading aspect in the media portrayal of ethnic groups. It's the biggest bit of media in the U.S.

First Commercial On Television - 1941

The very first commercial started a new era. The first commercial started out in the times when blacks were segregated. At this time though it was a very small amount of segregation, but it was reflected in these commercials for a long time.

Redline Act - 1950’s In some states there was a thing called redlining. It meant that the housing developments were to be segregated against mexicans, the only reason people did that, was because of how they were looked at by the media.

The Godfather - 1972

The godfather opened many more people up to portraying the Italians in ways that are very much untrue. It portrayed them as gangsters. The Godfather also made it so other industries realized they could make money from making movies about Italians in the mob. That is why the movies portraying italians increased by 200.

All in the Family - 1972

A very famous sitcom was “All in The Family”. It was made by Norman Leer. Archie Bunker proved to be one of the best characters ever in T.v. because of the way he was racist.

Diversity in ads/magazines -1990’s This relates to our topic probably the most out of all of them, because in the advertisements there had been no diversity. then once blacks and Hispanics and Asians started popping up every were, it was really a good step for all the minorities

Star Wars “Jar Jar” - 2003

Jar Jar was a character on Star wars that was unintelligent. He was supposed to represent the stupidity of black people. That is a stereotype that is frequently used against black people.