Documenting Portrayals of Race/Ethnicity on Primetime Television over a 20-Year Span and Their Association with National-Level Racial/Ethnic Attitudes

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-38

  Tukachinsky, Riva ^a   Mastro, Dana ^b   Yarchi, Moran ^c  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; RACE; TELEVISION;

EID: 84924509838     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12094     Document Type: Article

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