Abstract
The process of socialization is influenced by many factors: the family, the church, schools, peers and television. These factors all play a major role in the development of children into socialized adults. This essay examines the effects of television on the socialization of Black children.
According to Berger & Luckman, socialization is the learning of information, cognitive processes, values, attitudes, social roles, self-concept and behaviors that are generally accepted or expected with one or many segments of American society. (Door, 16)
An important factor in socialization is the formation of self-concept. "Self-concept is the growing child's most basic structure of who she or he is. It is the foundation on which children base their action." (Powell, 105) Fitts adds, it "does not exist at birth." (Powell, 106) During the pre-television era, children were primarily socialized by their environment, family and significant others. Now, they are inundated by a barrage of audio-visual messages laden with socialization information.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
22
Issue
1
First Page
17
Last Page
23
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
White-Eagle Raheim, A.
(1990)
"Socialization, Television, and the Black Child,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 22:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol22/iss1/5
Copyright
©1990 Iowa Communication Association
