Children &amp; Television: Images in a Changing Sociocultural World

Berry, Gordon L.; Asamen, Joy

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“…Young people often 'rely on fictional media narratives as a primary source of information when forming [their] identity' (Meyer 2009, 240), particularly when they are members of stigmatized or marginalized populations (Berry and Asamen 1993).…”

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Perspectives of LGBTQ emerging adults on the depiction and impact of LGBTQ media representation

McInroy

Craig

2016

Journal of Youth Studies

107

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) young people have been increasingly represented in traditional (offline) media over the past two decades. However, research had not adequately focused on the content of contemporary representations, how such depictions impact LGBTQ young people, or how young people's experiences are affected by the present context characterized by the rapidly increasing prevalence of new (online) media. Utilizing grounded theory with a sample (n = 19) of emerging adults (age 18-22), this study investigates: (1) messages about sexual orientation and/or gender identity LGBTQ emerging adults receive from LGBTQ representations in traditional media; (2) potential differences in the experiences of LGBTQ emerging adults with traditional media compared to new media; and (3) how consumption of these media messages impact LGBTQ emerging adults. Results indicate that while traditional media (particularly television) creates a common dialogue and validates identity, it continues to represent LGBTQ people as one-dimensional and stereotypical, ignores many LGBTQ sub-groups, limits LGBTQ young people's perceptions of their future trajectories, and offers no opportunities for critique. In contrast, emerging new media offers new, important, and valued spaces for discussion and creativity. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Perspectives of LGBTQ emerging adults on the depiction and impact of LGBTQ media representation

McInroy

Craig

2016

Journal of Youth Studies

107

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“…And when Jaglom and Gardner (1981) showed two and three year olds an egg breaking on television, the children tried to clear it up. This reality perception is important because television that is perceived as real has a greater impact on children than if it is judged unreal (Berry & Asamen, 1993). Without an awareness of production techniques and the representational nature of television, young children will believe that a product is exactly as it appears and not realise that the advertisement was created to promote it in the best possible way.…”

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Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children

Pine¹,

Nash

2002

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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The effects of television advertising Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children. AbstractEvery day children are exposed to the selling messages of advertisers via the television.There is some debate in the literature over the age at which young children can distinguish television advertisements from programmes, when they can remember and want what they see and when they are able to understand that the advertiser's motive is to sell a product. Resolution of the debate has been hampered by methodological difficulties and paradigms which fail to fully capture and explain children's responses to advertisements. This study uses a novel and ecologically valid method of measuring how toy advertising affects children by studying their requests to Father Christmas, monitoring toy commercials and collecting television viewing data.Eighty three children aged from 4.8 to 6.5 years, who had written letters to Father Christmas, were interviewed regarding the extent and nature of their television viewing. Letters and similar data were also analysed for 16 nursery school children, aged 3.8 to 4.8 years, using questionnaire responses from their parents. Overall, children who watched more commercial television were found to request a greater number of items from Father Christmas. These children also requested more branded items than children who watched less. However, the children's requests did not correlate significantly with the most frequently advertised toy products on television in the buildup to Christmas. Almost 90% of the toys advertised did not feature once in the children's letters, suggesting that recall for specific brand names is poor in the under-sevens. A positive correlation was found between watching television alone and number of requests, suggesting that lone viewing may render children more susceptible to advertising. A comparison group of children from Sweden, where advertising to children is not permitted, asked for significantly fewer items.The data suggest that English children who watch more TV, and especially those who watch alone, may be socialised to become consumers from a very early age. 2The effects of television advertising

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“…Although participants felt that a few shows did a good job of portraying cultural diversity, the vast majority of programs (79%) were viewed to be "filled with primarily White, European-like characters" (even in Japanese-produced animated cartoons), "lacking in cultural diversity," and/or portraying "characters in stereotypic roles" (especially gender roles). As previous studies have revealed, our own preservice teachers concluded that children's programming reflects and perpetuates U.S. society's narrow ideas about being male, female, and/or a member of a diverse racial and ethnic group (Berry & Asamen, 1993;Cortes, 2000;Greenberg & Brand, 1993;MacBeth, 1996;Signorielli, 1993). Indeed, many of our preservice teachers were disturbed by the all too often stereotypic and negative depictions of women (e.g., sexy, voluptuous, and thin), men (e.g., tough, good guys, work outside), and minorities (criminals, bad guys, and uneducated).…”

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“…It is estimated that before graduating from elementary school, a child in the U.S. will witness 100,000 acts of simulated violence on television (DelCampo & DelCampo, 2000). In addition to exposure to violence, studies reveal that children's television programming often perpetuates the gender and ethnic stereotypes prevalent in American society (American Psychological Association (APA), 1998Berry & Asamen, 1993;Cortes, 2001;MacBeth, 1996). Beyond the expressed views of significant adults around them, television programming reflects the dominant cultural values of our society.…”

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Television: Providing Powerful Multicultural Lessons Inside and Outside of School

Pohan

Mathison

2007

Multicultural Perspectives

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Television is responsible for more multicultural education than our public school system. The literature reveals that children's programming reflects society's dominant values and beliefs about a number of diversity-related topics such as race and gender. This article describes the findings of a unique study of preservice teachers' evaluations of children's television programming. Through a list of research-based suggestions, teacher educators are encouraged to prepare preservice teachers to draw upon televisions multicultural teaching power so that young people become more critically literate viewers of television.Academia needs to understand that the popular press and the mass media educate more people about issues regarding ethnicity and race than all other sources of education .

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Children & Television: Images in a Changing Sociocultural World

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Perspectives of LGBTQ emerging adults on the depiction and impact of LGBTQ media representation

Perspectives of LGBTQ emerging adults on the depiction and impact of LGBTQ media representation

Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children

Television: Providing Powerful Multicultural Lessons Inside and Outside of School

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