Has the media helped in portraying organized crime in New York City as an Italian-American stereotype?
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date published 19/02/2008
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SummaryThis question is being researched because when people hear words and phrases such as organized crime, the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra (another name for the Italian Mafia), and the Mob they usually believe it involves people of Italian heritage. Shows and movies such as the Sopranos, the Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas, Analyze This & Analyze That, Donnie Brasco, The Untouchables, A Bronx Tale, and Casino have all helped shape this image. However, Hollywood is not the only one to blame, the news media is also responsible for framing this image. They have created the stereotype of an Italian-American. The stereotypical Italian-American who is a fat, violent, mean, hairy guy, with a Brooklyn accent, too much hair gel, and a lot of gold jewelry. The media has been responsible for framing the stories involving these ‘typical’ Italian-American Mafia members. This misrepresentation has now become a part of our view of Italian-Americans. This misrepresentation can be seen in the names of the clothes that Italian-Americans predominantly wore in the past. Clothing such as ‘Guinea Tees’ and ‘Wife-Beaters,’ which are worn by millions of people who are not of Italian descent, have been given a negative name associated with Italian-Americans. These negative associations of Italian-Americans are now instilled in the minds of millions of people.
Table of Contents- In my research I will set out to prove that the news media is at fault for the stereotypical image of Italian-Americans.
- In the research done, there has been a clear problem because of the definitions of the terms organized crime and gangs.
- Common federal and state crimes committed by organized crime groups.
- For the first search, Italians, there were 18 articles found, twelve of which were relevant to the Italian Mafia
- In the articles about the Russian Mafia, about one percent of the words are categorized as negative.
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