Hate Speech in Media and Persuasion Techniques in Advertisements

Stereotypes, Prejudices, and Hate Speech 

To better understand the world around us, we often resort to stereotypes. Stereotypes are beliefs we hold about someone simply because they belong to a certain group (e.g., young people, women, Serbs, Croats, Roma, athletes, singers, politicians, etc.). They are generalised beliefs about the characteristic attributes of certain groups. Stereotypes form the cognitive component of prejudice, meaning they are belief-based, while prejudice also includes an emotional component (emotionally charged attitudes that can change) and a conative component – for instance, distancing from someone purely because they belong to a certain group. Ultimately, hate speech is a verbal manifestation of prejudice through insults or targeting, which deepens intolerance towards specific groups and potentially endangers the safety of the targeted individuals. Source of the definition

Advertisements 

Advertisements aim to influence citizens to adopt specific behaviours – most commonly, to buy a product or use a service. Sometimes, products or services are advertised in the form of "stealth advertising," such as articles that look journalistic or TV reports without clear indication that they are an ad. In the subsequent statements, identify the stealth advertising segments.