between these images, as they are promoted on TV, compared to how they have personally experienced them. It is worth noting that while both groups of interviewees expressed similar sentiments about racial issues, when looking at these same two groups, Rodríguez determined they differed in terms of their views about the degree to which US television has shaped their views about sex, birth control, smoking, and drinking, particularly with respect to differences in terms of these groups “consumption practices” (132). These interviews also looked at comparative attitudes about clothing and how media influences had a large effect on “clothing choices” (134). In fact, Rodríguez found that “the influence of US TV on clothing and style was by far the most mentioned by both groups” (134). Certainly, as Rodríguez argues not only in this section but throughout America, As Seen on TV: How Television Shapes Immigrant Expectations around the World, television is a dominant cultural export and does much to shape global attitudes about a range of issues. To be sure, it would be difficult to underestimate the significant role played by American television in terms of how innumerable people throughout the world view the US. While media scholars have long acknowledged the importance of television’s impact on immigrants’ perceptions about the US, Rodríguez’s research in this study delves more deeply into the specific ways television shows shape global attitudes. Of particular emphasis and import, Rodríguez demonstrates throughout her study that American television presents distorted views about race, class, and gender, which lead many who were born outside of the United States to develop unrealistic notions about American society and culture. Moreover, her study contributes to the increasingly important field of media studies because she includes an added layer by looking at US millennials side-by-side with the foreign born; thus, Rodríguez offers an interesting comparative analysis between the perceptions of these two different groups. For all of these reasons, Rodríguez’s examination is a welcome addition to the existing scholarship and works well as a way to further an important and ongoing dialogue about the role played by American TV in the global scene. Indeed, this monograph is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in media studies and would work particularly well in undergraduate and graduate classrooms as a way to convey the significant influence of American TV on global perceptions of the US.

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新书集：自1990年代以来由尼古拉斯·迪亚克（Nicholas Diak）编辑的有关剑，凉鞋和电视节目的论述。麦克法兰（McFarland），2017年.242页.39.95美元论文。

在电视上宣传这些图片时，与这些图片之间的亲身经历相比。值得注意的是，尽管两组受访者对种族问题表达了相似的观点，但在看这两组人群时，罗德里格斯确定他们对美国电视对性别，节育的看法形成了不同的看法。 ，吸烟和饮酒，尤其是在这些群体的“消费习惯”方面存在差异（132）。这些访谈还着眼于对服装的比较态度，以及媒体的影响如何对“服装选择”产生重大影响（134）。实际上，罗德里格斯（Rodíguez）发现“迄今为止，美国电视对服装和款式的影响是两个群体中最多提及的”（134）。当然，正如罗德里格斯（Rodríguez）不仅在本节中论证的那样，而且在整个美国，正如电视上所看到的：电视如何塑造世界各地的移民期望，电视是一种主要的文化输出，并且在很大程度上塑造了全球对一系列问题的态度。可以肯定的是，就全世界无数人如何看待美国而言，很难低估美国电视台所扮演的重要角色。尽管媒体学者早就认识到电视对移民对美国的看法的影响的重要性，但罗德里格斯在这项研究中的研究更深入地研究了电视节目塑造全球态度的具体方式。Rodríguez特别强调和重视，在整个研究中证明了美国电视对种族，阶级和性别的扭曲看法，这导致许多在美国以外出生的人对美国社会和文化产生不切实际的观念。此外，她的研究为媒体研究领域的日益重要做出了贡献，因为她通过与美国出生的外国人并排观察美国千禧一代，增加了一层内容。因此，罗德里格斯在这两个不同群体的看法之间进行了有趣的比较分析。由于所有这些原因，罗德里格斯的考试是对现有奖学金的一项受欢迎的补充，并且很好地促进了关于美国电视台在全球舞台上扮演的角色的重要且持续的对话。确实，