The Television Worlds of Latino Children

Subervi-Vélez, Federico; Colsant, Susan

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“…Only one Spanish-language television clip (Gata Salvaje, a soap opera) was included because it was expected that most participants would be bilingual, with some participants being English-only speakers. However, the Spanish-language television clip chosen was representative of other Spanish-language soap operas ("telenovelas"), the predominant form of programming on Spanish-language networks (Subervi-Velez & Colsant, 1993).…”

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“…This methodology may be especially useful when examining the diversity of attitudes and opinions among a group of people (Krueger & Casey, 2000). Finally, Children Now (1998) only asked participants about English-language television, yet many Latino youth have access to Spanish-language television and many take advantage of this opportunity (Subervi-Velez & Colsant, 1993). Hence, it is important to examine how Latino youth view both television worlds.…”

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Do You See What I See?

Rivadeneyra

2006

Journal of Adolescent Research

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The pervasiveness of harmful stereotypes about Latinos has led to concern over the effects of these on individuals. The mass media play a central role in perpetuating these stereotypes, yet we know very little about how Latinos perceive them. The purpose of this study was to examine how Latino adolescents view portrayals of Latino characters on Spanish- and English-language television programs. Thirty-seven Latino high school students participated in the questionnaire and focus group study. The adolescents were aware of the negative and stereotypical portrayals of Latinos presented on English-language television but considered Spanish-language television to present more balanced portrayals. Gender, immigrant generation, and regular television-viewing behaviors were all important factors that related to how the participants viewed the programs.

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Do You See What I See?

Rivadeneyra

2006

Journal of Adolescent Research

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“…The trend over time has been that African American and Hispanic children spend more time using media than their Caucasian counterparts (Blosser, 1988;Rideout & Hamel, 2006;Subervi-Vélez & Colsant, 1993). Previous academic research that has paid attention to language and media use among immigrants concludes that second and third generations 470 KRISTIN C. MORAN reduce media use in the native language and turn to mainstream US media (Johnson, 2000).…”

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“…Subervi-Vélez and Colsant (1993) call for more attention to be paid to the use of English-and Spanish-language television programming by Latino children. This study hopes to add to our understanding by investigating parent reports of preschool media use by differentiating between Spanishand English-speaking families.…”

Section: The Hispanic Marketmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…As Subervi-Vélez and Colsant (1993) note, "the television worlds of many Hispanic children in the United States are potentially more complex than the single television world of Anglo children" (p. 227). Because of the bilingual ability of many Latino families, children in these families have more choices and may indeed have different experiences than children in English only homes.…”

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Parents' Perceptions of Preschool Television

Moran¹

2010

Journal of Children and Media

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Gender and Race Portrayals on Spanish-Language Television

Rivadeneyra

2011

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Gender and racial stereotypes continue to permeate our society and one context in which these stereotypes are perpetuated are the media. Although we have a history of content analysis of gender and racial portrayals on English-language television aired in the U.S., few systematic analyses have been conducted on Spanish-language television that airs in the same country. Our team of coders analyzed 466 characters and 481 2-minute intervals on 19 episodes of Spanish-language soap operas or telenovelas that aired in the Los Angeles broadcast area of the U.S. in the summer of 2002. Telenovelas were the programming type selected as they make up the bulk of Spanish-language network television in the U.S. The programs were coded in terms of how gender and race are presented on these programs by first coding the characteristics of speaking characters (including their race and gender) and then coding what actions these characters displayed in 2-minute intervals. Although females and males were represented in equal numbers, gender stereotypes abound. Physical appearance and nurturing roles were more likely to be the focus for female characters while occupational roles were more likely to be the focus for male characters. In terms of race, the overwhelming majority of characters were light-skinned and characters with darker skin were portrayed in extremes and more sexualized. These representations replicate some of the same stereotypes found on English-language television with some notable differences in terms of number of women represented.

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The Television Worlds of Latino Children

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Do You See What I See?

Do You See What I See?

Parents' Perceptions of Preschool Television

Gender and Race Portrayals on Spanish-Language Television

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