Study: TV Hurts the Self-Esteem of Girls and Children of Color, But Bolsters Boys

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/06/04/494018/study-tv-hurts-the-self-esteem-of-girls-and-children-of-color-but-bolsters-boys/

By Alyssa Rosenberg on Jun 4, 2012

The usual caveats apply, but I was interested to read through this study out of Indiana University which tracked children’s television viewing habits over a year and found that both white and African-American girls and African-American boys’ saw their self esteem take a television-related hit, while white boys felt better about themselves.