The Perpetuation of Racial Stereotypes: Blacks in Mass Circulation Magazine Advertisements

J. David Colfax, Susan Frankel Sternberg

Public Opinion Quarterly · 1972 · 65 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This analysis of advertisements which appeared in four mass circulation magazines between 1965 and 1970 suggests that, in a variety of subtle ways, they are contributing to the perpetuation of racial stereotypes rather than their eradication.