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African Americans and the Journal of the Outdoor Life: A Content Analysis of Volumes 10-20, January 1913–December 1923

McBride, Michelle L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100819312

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2004, MS, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
This content analysis reviews volumes 10-20 (1913-1923) of the Journal of the Outdoor Life, a historical health journal targeted toward tuberculosis patients in the early twentieth century. Feature articles were researched citing references to African Americans. It was known that there was a much higher infection rate of tuberculosis among African Americans during the period of time in which the researched journals were published. However, few references to African Americans were identified through this content analysis. The number of articles found with references to African Americans was conversely proportionate to the high tuberculosis infection rate among African Americans during the early twentieth century. Articles with references to African Americans were further reviewed and classified by their type, focus and tone. The type classification of articles with found references was predominately “informational” as opposed to “educational” or “personal viewpoint” and the tone was classified primarily as “positive” rather than “negative” or “neutral”. African Americans were the focus of the content in only a third of the articles found to have references. This leads one to question what impact these articles had on society at the time, and perhaps more importantly, what impact they could have had in decreasing the mortality rate among African Americans in the early twentieth century.
Jan Fritz (Advisor)
52 p.
African Americans; Tuberculosis; Journal of the Outdoor Life

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  • McBride, M. L. (2004). African Americans and the Journal of the Outdoor Life: A Content Analysis of Volumes 10-20, January 1913–December 1923 [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100819312

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McBride, Michelle. African Americans and the Journal of the Outdoor Life: A Content Analysis of Volumes 10-20, January 1913–December 1923. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100819312.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McBride, Michelle. "African Americans and the Journal of the Outdoor Life: A Content Analysis of Volumes 10-20, January 1913–December 1923." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100819312

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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