• Humans automatically stereotype as it is a way we control things around us 
• Media uses stereotypes to make things more believable
• We stereotype people in groups by the way they look, history of their religion or ethnicity and age
• In media stereotypes are used by the use of Mis-en-scene and dialogue 
• To make a characters stereotype stand out more they will put people around them that are seen as "normal" 
• The definition of stereotype is "a standardised, often simplified, mental picture or attitude that is held in common by members of a group"
• Our own stereotypes are built up by previous experiences with a certain person or influenced by the media such as that all gay people wear pink or most criminals are black people
• Throughout the years film producers have tried to change stereotypes such as the typical black man being seen bad by changing them in to a heroic character
• stereotypes can also be influenced by family and friends 
• stereotyping starts form a young age as we are told whats right and wrong and who we are aloud to be associated with.