Between the Lines: Stereotyping of Sisters in the Media

Keywords: North America, USA, Canada, English, religion & belief, report, study, media ethics & diversity, stereotypes

Sister Phyllis Giroux conducted a study – for the Center for Media Literacy – of 50 United States’ and Canadian articles and advertisements culled from Catholic and other newspapers and magazines that depicted nuns. How, she asks, do they represent – or misrepresent – religious women?

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