The prevalence and nature of depictions of race and ethnicity in violent media content have raised questions about both the ethics and impact of these images. The same can be said for media that intersect violence with gender stereotypes. Because media effects are (in part) a reflection of the specific features of media messages, understanding these images is critical. In an effort to determine the existence (or lack thereof) of stereotypes in violent media content, a growing (but limited) number of quantitative content analyses have been conducted.