Puerto Rican Children's Perceptions of Favorite Television Characters as Behavioral Models.

Loughlin, Megan; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ232491

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Publication Date: 1980

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Puerto Rican Children's Perceptions of Favorite Television Characters as Behavioral Models.

Loughlin, Megan; And Others

Journal of Broadcasting, v24 n2 p159-71 Spr 1980

Presents findings of research that studied the influence of television's behavioral models on young Puerto Rican children, including (1) types of models children chose; (2) their perceptions and moral judgments of the appropriateness of certain types of antisocial behavior; and (3) occupational aspirations and their perceptions of Puerto Rican stereotypes found on television. (Author)

Descriptors: Children, Identification (Psychology), Occupational Aspiration, Programing (Broadcast), Puerto Ricans, Role Models, Role Perception, Tables (Data), Television, Television Research, Television Viewing, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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