Guiding the audience to prejudice against a particular group through entertainment programs or film and television works usually involves the following methods： ### 1. **Strengthening of stereotypes** -**Character shaping**: Shape a specific group into a single, negative image. For example, portray people of a certain race, gender, occupation, or social class as lazy, stupid, violent, or evil characters. -**Repeated presentation**: Repeatedly showing the negative characteristics of a certain group, so that the audience subconsciously associates these characteristics with the group. ### 2. **Selective narrative** -**One-sided reporting**: Only show the negative behaviors or events of a certain group, ignoring their positive or neutral manifestations. This kind of selective narrative can mislead the audience into thinking that the negative behavior of the group is a common phenomenon. -**Ignoring diversity**: Ignoring the diversity and complexity within the group, simplifying all members into a single characteristic or behavior pattern. ### 3. **Language and visual cues** -**Derogatory language**: Use derogatory or insulting words, jokes, or dialogues to describe a certain group, thereby strengthening a negative impression. -**Visual symbols**: Use visual elements such as costumes, props, and scene design to suggest the negative characteristics of a certain group. For example, portray a certain group as poor, dirty, or dangerous. ### 4. **Emotional manipulation** -**Arouse fear or disgust**: Through plot design or lens language, deliberately arouse the audience's fear, disgust or anger towards a certain group. For example, portray a certain group as a threat to social security or the existence of moral order. - **Compassion bias**: Creating antagonism in the plot, causing the audience to be hostile to one group and sympathetic to another. This kind of emotional manipulation will deepen the audience's prejudice. ### 5. **Distortion of historical or cultural background** -**Tampering with historical events**: By tampering with or distorting historical events, a certain group is depicted as the “wicked” or “losers” in history, thereby strengthening the negative impression of the audience. -**Cultural misunderstanding**: Wrongly or one-sided presentation of the cultural customs or values of a certain group, making it appear weird, backward or unreasonable. ### 6. **Inequality of social status and power** -**Imbalance in power relations**: In the plot, it is shown that one group is always in a weak or oppressed position, while another group always occupies a dominant or dominant position. This kind of unequal power relationship will strengthen the prejudice of the audience. -**Opposition between the elite and the bottom**: Portraying a certain group as the “bottom” or “loser” of society, while another group is shaped as the “elite” or “successful”, thereby deepening the confrontation between social classes. ### 7. **Lack of positive representation** -**Character absence**: In film and television works, the characters of a particular group rarely appear, or only appear in negative situations. This lack of positive representation can cause the audience to misunderstand or prejudice the group. -**Marginalization of positive roles**: Even if a certain group has positive roles, these roles are often marginalized or lack depth, and cannot change the audience's negative impression of the group. ### 8. **Guidance of public opinion** -**Media commentary and publicity**: Through the promotion or commentary of film and television works, the audience is deliberately guided to have a negative view of a certain group. For example, a film critic or a program host may emphasize the negative characteristics of a certain group, thereby influencing the audience's point of view. -**Social media hype**: The use of social media platforms to amplify the negative image of a certain group in film and television works, causing public discussion and controversy, thereby deepening prejudice. ### 9. **Deliberate arrangement of plot design** -**Conflict and opposition**: Conflicts or antagonisms between a certain group and other groups are deliberately arranged in the plot, so that the audience tends to support one party emotionally and is biased against the other. - **Moral judgment**: Through the plot design, a certain group is placed in the position of moral judgment, making it appear immoral or unjust, thereby triggering negative emotions in the audience. ### 10. **Ignore individual differences** -**Group labeling**: Label all members of a certain group with the same label, ignoring the differences and diversity between individuals. This kind of labeling will make the audience stereotype the group. ### Conclusion In these ways, entertainment programs or film and television works can imperceptibly affect the audience's cognition and attitude, and then guide them to develop prejudices against a particular group. However, as viewers, we should also maintain critical thinking, be aware of these potential biases, and strive to understand and respect the diversity and complexity of different groups.