Beyond the Color Line: Asian American Representations in the Media

This thesis examines the stereotypical ideology of Asian Americans that persists in mainstream contemporary television and argues that these representations manifest themselves in viewers’ minds. It also illustrates the shifting paradigm within the media from producer-created to consumer-created con...

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Main Author:	Wo, Emily
Format:	Others
Published:	Scholarship @ Claremont 2012
Subjects:	Asian American Representation Stereotypes Race Asian American Studies
Online Access:	http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/114 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=scripps_theses

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spelling	ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-scripps_theses-11182013-04-19T14:37:19Z Beyond the Color Line: Asian American Representations in the Media Wo, Emily This thesis examines the stereotypical ideology of Asian Americans that persists in mainstream contemporary television and argues that these representations manifest themselves in viewers’ minds. It also illustrates the shifting paradigm within the media from producer-created to consumer-created content through social media demonstrated by the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. Lastly, this thesis argues that it takes alternate channels to convey race in an accurate way using Asian American independent media as a source of positive representation. 2012-05-12 text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/114 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=scripps_theses © 2012 Emily Wo Scripps Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Asian American Representation Stereotypes Race Asian American Studies
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description	This thesis examines the stereotypical ideology of Asian Americans that persists in mainstream contemporary television and argues that these representations manifest themselves in viewers’ minds. It also illustrates the shifting paradigm within the media from producer-created to consumer-created content through social media demonstrated by the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. Lastly, this thesis argues that it takes alternate channels to convey race in an accurate way using Asian American independent media as a source of positive representation.
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Beyond the Color Line: Asian American Representations in the Media

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