Script for the Voice over in our documentary

Script

A stereotype is a thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things.These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality.

When asking students for the definition of individual social groups such as "Chav" or "popular" they all replied with similar stereotypical representations. For example, for "Chav" students described them as "rough people who only wear tracksuits" and for "popular" students described them as being "Stuck up" and often the "bullies of the school". 

Do these well known social stereotypes actually exist, or are they something that has been crafted by the media based on a subjective and negative opinion. We wanted to know why certain appearances and ideas have been linked to these social groups. 

To find this out we spoke to Students from Solihull 6^th Form who gave us their verdict on whether appearances affect what social group you belong to... 



We spoke to Julie Maitland about the affects of conforming to social groups and the impact that these stereotypes can have on students...


We also spoke to Nick Waring, about the influence the media has on the existence of stereotypes amongst society...

Stereotypes are usually judged upon appearances, but appearances are subjective and are easily changed, so why do (enter statistic) of the people we asked feel stereotyped due to their appearance? And why do society place labels upon people with such a lack of validity?

So, lets ask again, who are you?