Five Articles On Asians & Media....

1. Restrictive portrayals of Asians in the media and how to balance then
http://www.manaa.org/asian_stereotypes.html

2. The "Turban effect"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/religion.islam

3. Asian media's bright future
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2367945.stm

4. Why the media's bias against Asians
http://www.goldsea.com/Air/Issues/Media/media.html

5. 10 Oscar nominations for Slumdog Millionaire
http://www.asiansinmedia.org/2009/01/23/10-oscar-nominations-for-slumdog-millionaire/

Restrictive portrayals of Asians in the media and how to balance them:
http://www.manaa.org/asian_stereotypes.html

This article is significant due tot he reason that it talkes about the representation of Asian within the media and the reasons behind these representations.

It states that "Because they are racially and culturally distinctive from the American mainstream, Asian people have been widely seen as unable to be absorbed into American society."

The article shows the unfair representations of asians in the media. For example "Asian men are almost never positively paired with women of any race."

It covers the different stereotypes that Asians are associated with, for example "Asian women are often portrayed as exotic, subservient, compliant, industrious, eager to please."

"For decades, American entertainment media have defined the Asian image to all the world. And usually, that image has been shaped by people with little understanding of Asian people themselves--and with little foresight into how such images would impact the Asian American community."