Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 106 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

The aim of this essay was to determine 1. How Muslims were described in the Sweden Democrats official magazine and 2. What the purpose with their descriptions could be. The material, the SD-Courier was chosen due to it being an official magazine that was easily accessible. A hermeneutic method was used where each article selected was read several times to create a greater understanding for the material and the phenomenon within. Several articles, nine out of 485, mentioned Islam and Muslims. The description of Muslims and Islam was exclusively negative in that most authors and articles tried to describe Muslims and Islam as a threat. The threat ranged between a local threat, threatening Sweden as a whole and finally threatening the entire Western civilization. The reasons for the descriptions can be several. By creating stereotypes of Muslims as evil the Sweden Democrats create a stereotype of themselves as the “good guys”. By doing so they also create an opportunity for recruiting new members to the party. Another reason is the assignment of blame. Muslims become the scapegoat for problems in society which may lack obvious solutions.

Previous research indicates stereotypes of minorities are persistent in television news stories. Can personal familiarity with different racial/ethnic groups influence the selection of non-stereotypical news images? Supported by theories of the personal contact hypothesis, framing, priming, schema, and stereotyping, this study hypothesized that student journalists with a high level of personal contact with different races/ethnicities would select non-stereotypical images to help illustrate television news stories focusing on social issues and hypothesized that student journalists with a low level of personal contact would select non-stereotypical images for the same texts when primed to think about facts countering common misconceptions of racial/ethnic stereotypes. Also, will the level of personal contact with different races/ethnicities and the self-identified race of the student journalist influence non-stereotypical image selection? A two-part experiment tested 128 student journalists with an online pre-test measuring the level of personal contact in social activities with different races/ethnicities. Later, a substantive in-person experiment required participants to select from a set of four photographs, the photo that they believed best represented the content of a news story in which race played a possible role. This task was conducted five times with five different news stories and five different sets of photographs. The independent variables were the level of personal contact and whether or not the participant was first primed to think about facts countering common racial/ethnic misconceptions. The dependent variable was the selection of either a non-stereotypical or stereotypical photo. A two-way between-subjects analysis of variance was used. Results showed no significant difference in photo selection attributed to the level of personal contact or to prior priming to think non-stereotypically. There was no significant difference between prior priming and photo selection. Additionally, the race of the participant made no difference in photo selection. While these results are contrary to existing theory, research, pedagogy and intuition. It is worth noting that finding no statistical significance does not necessarily mean that the phenomenon is not happening in reality. Responses to open ended questions within the manipulation tests were qualitatively analyzed and showed that although the 14 participants enrolled in a university liberal arts course were able to recognize the racial stereotypes within the news stories, some chose stereotypical images contrary to their stated criterion for selecting a non-stereotypical image. Future research should test the hypotheses with subjects from more heterogeneous regions of the country, and recruit professional and student journalists as study participants and compare generational differences in cultural, racial, and ethnic understanding, education, and tolerance. / text

Baigiamajame magistro darbe „Mokytojo įvaizdžio ir stereotipo formavimas Lietuvos žiniasklaidoje“ buvo analizuojama žiniasklaidos įtaka mokytojo įvaizdžių ir stereotipų formavimosi reiškiniui ir mokytojų požiūrį į jį. Atliekant šį darbą buvo taikomi tyrimo metodai: 1) socialinės pedagogikos literatūros analizė pasirinktu aspektu. 2) empyriniai metodai: a. anketinė apklausa; b. turinio (content) analizė (kiekybinė ir kokybinė). Baigiamojoje darbo dalyje, atlikus empirinius tyrimus ir išanalizavus jų rezultatus, atskleidžiama, kad žiniasklaida, viena iš institucijų, kuria labiausiai pasitiki Lietuvos visuomenė, (šiame darbe laikraščiai) formuoja labiau neigiamus nei teigiamus mokytojo įvaizdžius ir stereotipus. Remiantis atlikto tyrimo rezultatais, paaiškėjo, kad skirtingai nuo visuomeninės, specializuota spauda atkreipia dėmesį į - vertybių ugdymą ir formuojamas mokytojų – kūrėjų, jautrių, optimistų, neabejingų gėriui ir vertybėms stereotipas. Tiek visuomeninė, tiek specializuota spauda formuoja daugiau neigiamą nei teigiamą mokytojo ��vaizdį. Ir visuomeninėje ir specializuotoje spaudoje formuojamas nuolat finansinį nepriteklį jaučiančių mokytojų stereotipas. Daugiau negu pusė mokytojų (53,7%) teigia, kad skelbiami straipsniai įtakos darbui neturi. Tačiau nemaža mokytojų dalis (46,3%) teigia, kad straipsniai turi įtakos jiems patiems ir jų darbui. Tyrimo duomenys rodo, kad švietimą ir jame vykstančias reformas visuomeninė spauda vertina žymiai palankaiu nei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the final Master‘s degree work „Formation of the image and stereotype of the teacher in Lithuanian press“ were analysed the influence of the press on the formation of the teacher‘s images and stereotypes and the teachers‘ attitude towards this formation. The methods of research applied on this work were: 1) analysis of the literature of social pedagogics on the chosen aspect. 2) Empiric methods: a. questioning; b. analysis (quantitative and qualitative) of contents. After the empyric research were made and the results were analysed, on the final part of the work is discovered, that the press, which is one of the institution, on which the Lithuanian society relies most (in this work – newspapers), is forming more negative than positive images and stereotypes of the teacher. According to the results of the research, turned out, that contrary to the social press, the specialized press turns its attention to the developing of the values and forms the stereotype of the teacher – creator, who is sensitive, optimist, and is not indifferent to goodness and values. Both the social and the specialized press forms more negative than positive image of the teacher. In the social press, as well as in the specialized press is formed the stereotype of the teacher, who feel constant lack of money. Most part of teachers (53,7%) affirm, that the articles published have no influence on their work. However, quite a big part of teachers (46,3%) affirm, that the articles influence themselves... [to full text]

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Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Texas at Arlington, 2007. / Adviser: Tom Christie. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, August, 2005. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-92).

Thesis (B.A. (Hons.)), Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide, 1971.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Alan R. Lang, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 13, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains v, 32 pages. Includes bibliographical references.