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Representing Black Women and Love: A critical interpretative study of heavy exposure to VH1’s Love and Hip-Hop

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2019, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
This study explores viewers’ perceptions after heavy exposure to VH1’s reality show franchise Love and Hip-Hop. Specifically the investigation seeks to understand how heavy viewership influences Black female college students’ view of male/female romantic relationships in their everyday lives as well as their understanding of the Black female image portrayed on the show. The researcher conducted 6 one on one interviews and coded each for emergent themes using the constant comparison technique. Cultivation Theory and Black Feminist Theory guided this study and the researcher’s analysis of the six participants’ responses. This study serves as an analysis of how media messages influence a specific target audience’s image of themselves and their relationship goals.
Omotayo Banjo, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Ronald Jackson II, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Littisha Bates, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
115 p.

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  • Harrison, O. N. (2019). Representing Black Women and Love: A critical interpretative study of heavy exposure to VH1’s Love and Hip-Hop [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1562923337640239

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harrison, Olivia. Representing Black Women and Love: A critical interpretative study of heavy exposure to VH1’s Love and Hip-Hop. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1562923337640239.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harrison, Olivia. "Representing Black Women and Love: A critical interpretative study of heavy exposure to VH1’s Love and Hip-Hop." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1562923337640239

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)