Measuring the Meaning of Black Media Stereotypes and Their Relationship to the Racial Identity, Black History Knowledge, and Racial Socialization of African American Youth

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 367-395

  Adams Bass, Valerie N ^a   Stevenson, Howard C ^b   Kotzin, Diana Slaughter ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black adolescents; Black history; media stereotypes; racial identity; racial socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902344131     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934714530396     Document Type: Article

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