Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Publication Date

4-19-1978

Abstract

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the research was to explore the manner in which culturally related images of Anglo-Americans projected by television were related to stereotyped attitudes in Mexican­American children in the Southwest. Previous evidence indicated the more personal experience one has with a cultural group, the less one might tend to believe the stereotypes projected by the mass media of that cultural group. This study was an extension of previous studies which examined the relationship between these variables.

Procedures and Methods

A survey of a sample group of Mexican-American children was conducted using a questionnaire-interview method. Data were gathered on four groups of Mexican-American children distinguished by their varying personal experience and daily contact with Anglo-Americans. An exploratory data analysis was conducted, consisting of four levels of statistical analysis. They were (1) General Frequency Analysis, (2) Cross­tabulation Analysis, (3) Multiple Classification for Linear effect (Regression Analysis), and (4) Multiple Classification Analysis.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Educational Leadership

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

David Lawrence Bachelor

Second Committee Member

Louis Andrew Rosasco

Third Committee Member

Herbert Thaddeus Davis III

Fourth Committee Member

Theodore N. Guinn

Fifth Committee Member

Paul C. Feingold

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