Critics-meet-author Panel: Documentary and Stereotypes

This panel discusses the book 'Documentary and Stereotypes: Reducing Stigma through Factual Media' (https://documentary-stereotypes.com/) by Catalin Brylla. The book studies how social stigma and prejudice can be reduced through factual media, including documentaries, news, reality TV, advertisements and social media videos. It is intended for researchers and media makers who want to increase social inclusion and diversity through strategic on-screen representations. Using models from social psychology, media studies and cultural studies, it explains how harmful social boundaries can be reduced in relation to ethnicity, culture, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion and many other social categories. The panel participants are Prof. Dan Flory, Prof. Dirk Eitzen, Dr. Meghan Sanders, Prof. Carl Plantinga, Dr. Karen Pearlman and Dr. Catalin Brylla.