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Download full textWhannel, Garry – 1986
The race between Mary Decker and Zola Budd, a head to head confrontation in the 1985 Olympic Games, is examined within the broader context of the transformation taking place in sports as a result of the combined efforts of television and the economic forces of sponsorship. Athletics is going through this process of transformation both economically…
Descriptors: Athletics, Audiences, Blacks, Competition
Peer reviewedTait, Alice A.; Perry, Robert B. – Negro Educational Review, 1987
Examines the portrayal of the Black experience on television in relation to civil rights legislation during the period. Reviews various television programs and finds that despite an increase in the number of Black characters on the air, stereotyping has remained a problem. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Stereotypes, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation
