Children Now, a national children's advocacy organization. According to the study, released today at a press conference in Los Angeles, children of all races identify differences in the representation, roles and characteristics of different races in both news and entertainment media. If they do not see themselves on TV, they want to be someone else. I could be there. Children are more likely to associate positive characteristics with White characters on television and negative characteristics with minority characters.
Children also see contrasts in the roles played by people of different races.
In the focus groups, participants had clear opinions about the appearance of a good character or a bad character. Children of color primarily choose African Americans as those they admire White children primarily choose White television figures as their favorites. Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Jordan, Bart Simpson, Tim Allen, George Clooney, Will Smith. Michael Jordan, Jerry Seinfeld, Bart Simpson, Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Moesha Children of all races agree that the news media tend to portray African-American and Latino people more negatively than White and Asian people, particularly when the news is about young people. In the focus groups, children offered vivid descriptions.