Existing analyses of Black women on TV have tended to focus on their general prevalence or employment/family status. As such, less is known about the extent to which they reflect broader attributes associated with women and with Black women. Accordingly, we examined portrayals of Black women on 12 scripted programs, focusing on 33 behaviors associated with mothering, friendship, work, and stress, in addition to role status and appearance. Our results indicated that Black women on scripted television programs were often single, mothers, dark-skinned, thin, and in high-status occupations. The most prevalent behaviors depicted were giving orders or commands, engaging in occupation-related actions or statements, and showing emotion (e.g., crying, storming off). Implications of these characterizations are discussed, both in terms of the breadth and accuracy of their representation and in the potential ways they may be perceived by viewers.

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脚本电视上黑人女性的整体观点：内容分析

现有对电视上黑人女性的分析倾向于关注她们的普遍流行情况或就业/家庭状况。因此，人们对它们反映与女性和黑人女性相关的更广泛属性的程度知之甚少。因此，我们检查了 12 个脚本程序中黑人女性的形象，重点关注 33 种与母亲、友谊、工作和压力相关的行为，以及角色地位和外表。我们的结果表明，脚本化的电视节目中的黑人女性通常是单身、母亲、黑皮肤、瘦弱的，并且从事着高地位的职业。所描绘的最普遍的行为是下达命令或命令、从事与职业相关的行动或陈述，以及表现出情感（例如，哭泣、暴走）。讨论了这些特征的含义，