African American Stereotypes in Reality Television

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-413

  Tyree, Tia ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; reality television; stereotype threat; stereotypes; structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859051671     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2011.617217     Document Type: Article

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