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Download full textMundie, Paul J. – 1973
The Committee on Children's Television (CCT) supports Action for Children's Television (ACT) in its demands for no commercials on children's television and an improvement in programing for children. A survey of children's television in the San Francisco Bay Area determined that from 1961 to 1971, children's programing had declined in quality and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Commercial Television, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Stereotypes
Larez, Manuel – 1973
Television and the mass media in general have created an unflattering stereotype of Mexican-Americans that is based on racism and generates racism. The most offensive of these is the "Frito-Bandito." In children's programing, very few shows present Mexican-American characters and the ones that are presented are stereotypes.…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Children, Commercial Television
