Richard Dyer

Richard Dyer (1983):

' How we are seen determines how we are treated, how we treat others is based on how we see them. How we see them come from representation' (Matter of Images) Richard Dyer believes that the representations we see determines how we then treat a certain people or situations. He argues that how we see something in the media is then how we react to it within a reality; for example if we see gays being abused on television we will imitate this behavior. He also comments on the idea of stereotypes having an impact on the social classes within society. 'the feeling that how social groups are treated in life, that poverty, harassment, self-hate and discrimination are shored up and instituted by representation.'

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