Content Analysis for Community

After breaking down the characters from one of my favorite shows, Community, I noticed the trend of stereotypes the media conveys including that blondes are clumsy, old people are old fashioned, and that African American men are good at sports. This variety of a character mix makes for a range of different angles of humour, whether it be dark humour, stereotypical humour or slapstic comedy.

ame of Character	Jeff Winger	Britta Perry	Pierce Hawthorne	Shirley Bennett	Troy Barnes
Gender	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Was this character the main..	Yes, one of the main ones	Yes, one of the main ones	Yes, one of the main ones	Yes, one of the main ones	Yes, one of the main ones
Occupation	Student at Community College/ Ex Lawyer	Student at Community College/ Active Protestor	Student at Community College/ Family Inheritance	Student at Community College/ Single Mother	Student at Community College/ The Jock
Level of education	Community College	Community College	Community College	Community College	Community College
Race	White	White	White	African American	African American
Marital status	Single	Single	Divorced 7 times	Divorced	Single
Age	Mid 20s	Mid 20s	Mid 60s-70s I assume	Mid 40s I assume	Low 20s
Number of children	0	0	0	3	0
Appearance	Smooth Talking, Brunette, Good Looking,	Blonde, skinny, pretty,	Old, well dressed,	Old fashioned,	Handsome,
Body type	skinny, tall, muscular	skinny,	A little overweight, wide,	A little overweight, short	Skinny, muscular, athletic
Personal Characteristics	Smooth talking, witty, pompous	Not very clever,  clumsy	Racist, out of style, bad sense of humour	Very religious, unwelcoming of other faiths, old fashioned,	Not very clever,
Role of the character	One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group	One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group	One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group	One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group	One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group