\u003cP\u003eWhen we think about the \"pictures in our heads\" that media create and perpetuate, what images are we truly referencing? Issues of media stereotypes and representation (both past and present) are crucial to advancing media literacy. \u003cI\u003eMedia Stereotypes: From Ageism to Xenophobia\u003c/I\u003e becomes one-stop shopping for synthesizing what we know within the composite of stereotyping research in the United States. Utilizing a cast of top American scholars with deep roots in asking stereotype-based questions, this book is essential reading for those wishing to understand what we know about past and present media representations as well as those wishing to take the baton and continue to advance media stereotyping research in the future.\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u003cSTRONG\u003eWinner of the 2021 BEA Textbook Award!\u003c/STRONG\u003e\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u003cSTRONG\u003e\u003cSUB\u003e\u003cSUP\u003e\u003c/SUP\u003e\u003c/SUB\u003e\u003c/STRONG\u003e \u003c/P\u003e