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Imaging Teachers: In Fact and in the Mass Media.
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Reyes, Xae Alicia; Rios, Diana I. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2003
The impact of mass media on public images of teachers and students is considered in a dialogue between two educational and mass media researchers. Stereotypes in films, such as teacher-savior and student-failure, and abundant reports about Latino dropout rates and low academic achievement impact teachers and the public, who accept negative images…
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Cultural Images, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes
U.S. Latino Audiences of "Telenovelas."
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Rios, Diana I. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2003
Interviews with Latinos in the Northeast and the Southwest found that they watched Spanish-language soap operas (telenovelas) as a way of maintaining family ties and Hispanic culture, while watching American soap operas provided information about U.S. society and behavioral norms as well as opportunities to learn English. (Contains 21 references.)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Audience Response, Cultural Maintenance, Hispanic Americans