Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
James Morrison
Reader 2
T. Kim-Trang Tran
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Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Wo, Emily, "Beyond the Color Line: Asian American Representations in the Media" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. 114.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/114
