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Watts, Caroline. The portrayal of African Americans in situation comedies. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3416ZW6

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TitleThe portrayal of African Americans in situation comedies
NameWatts, Caroline (author); Charme, Stuart Z. (chair); Glasker, Wayne (co-chair); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2015
Other Date2015-05 (degree)
SubjectLiberal Studies, African Americans on television, Comedy programs--United States--History and criticism., Television comedies
Extent1 online resource (iii, 37 p. : ill.)
DescriptionWhile one might ordinarily hypothesize that the portrayal of African Americans on television has positively progressed over the years, this study sets out to determine the extent to which the depiction of African Americans has changed. Stereotypical key terms are evaluated and calculated throughout several African-American television programs that were aired before and after The Cosby Show run from 1984 to 1992. This study attempts to examine this phenomenon by determining which attributes were, and are currently, portrayed, along with the frequency of those portrayals. Results of this study showed a slight increase in negative portrayals since the airing of The Cosby Show, and therefore, lead to speculation as to whether there may be a more accurate way to determine additional and more precise findings.
NoteM.A.L.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Caroline Watts
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3416ZW6
Languageeng
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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