Description
Based on the notion that reality television is used by the youth to learn about various social identity groups, the portrayal of minority in MTV “docusoap” was analyzed. Whereas Whites were overrepresented, Asians were completely absent. Although a few of them were shown, Latinos were virtually invisible as central characters as well as in social and romantic relationships. Blacks were also severely underrepresented and the problem was more pronounced for women than men. Among the minority groups, only mixed-raced women were shown as normalized as White women and men. Implications and suggestions for future studies were discussed.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Keywords
Communication Studies, Faculty Works, Scholarship
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Park, Sung-Yeon; Flynn, Mark A.; Stana, Alexandru; and Morin, David T., "“Where Do I Belong, from Laguna Beach
to Jersey Shore?”: Portrayal of Minority Youth
in MTV Docusoaps" (2015). Communication Studies Faculty Works. 29.
https://openriver.winona.edu/communicationstudiesfacultyworks/29
Unique Identifier
WSUCMSTFACWORKS-2015b-Stana-Where do I Belong, from Laguna Beach to Jersey Shore.pdf
Comments
Add 5th author Gi Woong Yun Bowling Green State University