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A test of the effects of linguistic stereotypes in children's animated film: A language attitude study.

Description: This study examined the claim that animated films influence childrens' opinions of accented-English. Two hundred and eighteen 3rd through 5th graders participated in a web-based survey. They listened to speakers with various accents: Mainstream US English (MUSE), African American Vernacular English (AAVE), French, British, and Arabic. Respondents judged speakers' personality traits (Work Ethic, Wealth, Attitude, Intelligence), assigned jobs/life positions, and provided personal information, mov… more
Date: May 2007
Creator: Trowell, Melody
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Big Hair and Big Egos: Texan Stereotypes in American Entertainment Media as Formed Through Television Viewing.

Description: This thesis explores the stereotypes of Texans portrayed in American entertainment media, and attempts to identify the reasons for both the existence, and persistence of these images. The study includes a brief history of Texas, and background information on the formulation of stereotypes. Cultivation theory is used to explain the process of stereotypes formed through television viewing. Content analysis of the responses from an on line survey involving 52 participants revealed that people outs… more
Date: August 2006
Creator: Burdette, Catherine Bowers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The making of the documentary film Women in Red.

Description: Though the remnants of a stereotype created over two millennia ago still thrive in American popular culture today, redheaded women are enjoying a more positive role in society than they have ever seen before. Women in Red explores the experience of the redheaded woman in America today by examining how the stereotypes have affected a small group of them, how these women relate to the stereotypes, and why, given the verisimilitude of the stereotype, a non-redheaded woman would embrace such an id… more
Date: August 2008
Creator: Horst, Jennifer Lynne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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"According to Their Wills and Pleasures": The Sexual Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television

Description: This thesis examines the representation of Mormon men in American film and television, with particular regard for sexual identity and the cultural association of Mormonism with sexuality. The history of Mormonism's unique marital practices and doctrinal approaches to gender and sexuality have developed three common stereotypes for Mormon male characters: the purposeful heterosexual, the monstrous polygamist, and the self-destructive homosexual. Depending upon the sexual stereotype in the narr… more
Date: May 2009
Creator: Sutton, Travis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A treasure hunt.

Description: An illustrated children's book which tells the story of a neighborhood treasure hunt designed to encourage children to learn about the active daily lives of elderly people in their community.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Wilson, Christopher Bernard & Wilson, Dagmar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of a Selected Strategy for the Mitigation of Stereotypic Sex Role Attitudes Among Teacher Education Students

Description: The problem of this study was an analysis of the effects of a selected strategy for bringing about changes in stereotypic sex role attitudes of teacher trainees during their teacher education program. The major purposes of this investigation were to (1) develop a preservice treatment program, characterized by the persuasive communication approach, to modify students' stereotypic sex role attitudes, (2) determine the effectiveness of the strategy in modifying students' attitudes, and (3) examine… more
Date: May 1981
Creator: Christensen, Eric W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Woman Cop]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: November 10, 1997
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Texas Arabs]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: August 10, 1990
Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gay (Rights conference)]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Texas Gay Conference V at the Royal Coach Inn in Dallas, Texas, including an interview with Harvey Milk.
Date: June 10, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cheap houses]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 18, 1983, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Adrienne Kaeppler speaking]

Description: Video from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly in Toronto, Canada in July 2006. It consists of a keynote address from Adrienne Kaeppler, a curator with the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian. The keynote is titled "Ballet, Hula, and 'Cats': Dance as a Discourse on Globalization".
Date: [2006-07-17..2006-07-21]
Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 43.773100 -79.499613
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Conversation about Dallas Gay Political Caucus]

Description: Video of a conversation-style interview between (from left to right) Chance West, Louise Young, and Don Baker about the catalysts and early history of the Dallas Gay Political Caucus. In the video the three speakers are seated close together on a blue couch. In the few minutes at the beginning and the end of the video the group discusses more current events in their lives and in politics.
Date: February 25, 1996
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Innocent Bystander Productions
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Mica England on Larry King Live]

Description: Interview on Larry King Live with Mica England and William Waybourn, of the Dallas Gay Alliance, about England's anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department who refused to hire her because she is a lesbian. Conservative Republican Congressman Bob Dornan (California) is also interviewed and speaks about why he believes it is problematic to hire gay police officers. Viewers call in with comments and questions for the panelists. There is a promo for a later interview on the sa… more
Date: 1989
Duration: 22 minutes 46 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sexuality stereotypes poster]

Description: A photograph of a poster with stereotypes relating to different sexuality types listed on it. They are common beliefs of what people of different sexualities present themselves as and how they are expected to act and look like.
Date: October 9, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.209757 -97.148455
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Costume or appropriation Tent Talk board 3]

Description: A photograph of a white board used for UNT's 'Tent Talks'. The question at the top of the whiteboard reads "Should we be able to wear these costumes? Why or why not?" and at the base of the board are a line of costumes that would likely be labeled as offensive to different people groups.
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Skin-tone stereotypes poster]

Description: A photograph of a poster with stereotypes relating to skin-tone listed on it. They are simple one word connections that are often associated with different skin-tones, split between "light-skin" and "dark-skin".
Date: October 9, 2017
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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