title: Multicultural media portrayals and the changing demographic landscape: the psychosocial impact of television representations on the adolescent of color.
abstract: The developmental stage of adolescence can be a challenging period with the need for the young person to negotiate certain early psychosocial and physiologic developmental tasks. The developmental tasks that are common to most adolescents can include some unique social, economic, and educational experiences for minority youth because of the sociocultural construction of American society. This article explores some of the theories, concepts, and creative issues related to the psychosocial impact on adolescents of color and multicultural portrayals that appear on television and in other emerging media.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. lberry@prodigy.net
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D018961:Educational Technology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010553:Personality Development; D011584:Psychology; D013690:Television; D014481:United States