PRESENTATION OF MINORITY IN MEDIA AND FILMS

Abstract

Today social Media has become prominent in world of globalization. The first and the most important purpose of the mass media is to inform and educate people about important events taking place around them. The second is to amuse people various forms of media include Television broadcast, radio broadcast, print media, Internet, mobile phone applications etc. Mass media has a huge impact on society as it influences their insight. “Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications” this is the power of Media. It can turn a Villain into a Hero, or vice-versa in no time. However it has been observed that the minority is projected in bad light in media and films in last few decades. There is stereotyping of particular minority through media and films. This in term affects the entire perception of the masses. The paper discusses some recent example of minority discourses in media and films.