Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ650989
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Parents or Pop Culture? Children's Heroes and Role Models.
Anderson, Kristin J.; Cavallaro, Donna
Childhood Education, v78 n3 p161-68 Spr 2002
Examines the impact of mass media on children's choices of heroes and role models. Addresses questions of which cultural messages children attend to, whether role models vary according to ethnicity and gender, and the role played by educators in exposing children to previously unconsidered role models. (DLH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bias, Characterization, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comics (Publications), Cultural Images, Cultural Influences, Ethnicity, Gender Issues, Labeling (of Persons), Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Role Models, Role Perception, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Stereotypes, Television, Video Games
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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