What Adolescent African American Males Say About the Visual Culture That Pervades Popular Music Videos
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For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL ARTS, THEATRE, AND DANCE WHAT AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ADOLESCENTS SAY ABOUT MUSIC VIDEOS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR ART EDUCATION BY ZERRIC CLINTON A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Art Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester 2010 Copyright © 2010 Zerric Clinton All Rights Reserved The members of the committee approve the dissertation of Zerric Clinton defended on April 1, 2010. ___________________________ Tom Anderson Professor Directing Dissertation ___________________________ Martell Teasley University Representative ___________________________ Pat Villeneuve Committee Member ___________________________ Dave Gussak Committee Member Approved: ______________________________________________________ Dave Gussak, Chair, Department of Art Education _____________________________________________________ Sally McRorie, Dean, College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I give thanks to Almighty God who has kept me throughout this sometimes arduous phase of my life. I would like to thank all committee members: First, I have to thank my committee chair Dr. Tom Anderson who has kept me on track with his encouragement and unwavering belief that I could do this. Next, I would like to thank committee member Dr. Melanie Davenport who helped me to work through some major logistic issues early on. To Dr. Martell Teasley who has given me insights that only he could throughout this process. Thank you as well to Dr. Dave Gussak who helped me tremendously with the philosophical aspects of this endeavor. I have to pause here to thank Dr. Pat Villenueve who guided me in professional writing early on to encourage me to become a better writer. To my mentors: Dr. Charles Magee, Dr. Ansu Mason, Dr. Angela Copeland, Mr. Horace Williams, Mrs. Betty Rainey my first grade teacher, Mrs. Dorothy Pope my high school art teacher Dr. Stephen Lahr and Dr. Lanny Milbrandt my undergraduate advisors I would have never made it to Florida State University without your guidance over the years. Special thanks to Lateesha , Makaya and Andrew who always made me smile when things were difficult. I thank you as well for being understanding when I was always busy. Thanks to my great uncle Millard Surrency who told me when I was a child that I would be a doctor one day. That small statement has stuck with me during this process. Last but certainly not least I thank my parents who have always stressed the importance of education. Even when I thought they were being hard on me I see now that their foresight was necessary for me to receive this achievement. This degree is a result of their unwillingness to accept mediocrity. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract.............................................................................................................................. vi CHAPTER 1 ....................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Research Question .............................................................................................................. 2 Research Objectives............................................................................................................ 2 Justification for the Study ................................................................................................... 2 Research Design and Procedures........................................................................................ 5 Definition of terms.............................................................................................................. 6 Summary............................................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER 2 ....................................................................................................................... 8 Literature Review................................................................................................................ 8 General Information about Development ........................................................................... 8 Dress as Social Marker of Membership............................................................................ 12 The Effects of Media on Identity-Development ............................................................... 14 Media and Its Effects on Youth ........................................................................................ 19 Presentation of Media ....................................................................................................... 29 CHAPTER 3 ..................................................................................................................... 34 Methodology..................................................................................................................... 34 Statement of the Problem.................................................................................................. 34 Theoretical Foundation ..................................................................................................... 34 Overview of the Study ...................................................................................................... 38 The Curriculum................................................................................................................. 41 Data Gathering, Instrumentation, and Data Coding.......................................................... 45 Data Analysis.................................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER 4 ..................................................................................................................... 51 Findings............................................................................................................................. 51 Pre-Survey......................................................................................................................... 51 Critiques............................................................................................................................ 58 Discussions ....................................................................................................................... 63 Researcher’s Critiques of the Videos................................................................................ 70 Contextual Information and Reflection ............................................................................ 73 Final Survey...................................................................................................................... 74 CHAPTER 5 ..................................................................................................................... 79 Interpretations and Implications ....................................................................................... 79 Supporting Question #1 .................................................................................................... 79 Supporting Question #2 .................................................................................................... 81 Supporting Question #3 .................................................................................................... 82 Conclusions and Discussion ............................................................................................. 87 Implications....................................................................................................................... 92 Limitations and Insights about the Structure of the Study................................................ 96 Suggestions for Future Research ...................................................................................... 97 APPENDIX A................................................................................................................... 99 APPENDIX B ................................................................................................................. 106 APPENDIX C ................................................................................................................. 110 iv APPENDIX D................................................................................................................. 111 APPENDIX E ................................................................................................................. 116 APPENDIX F.................................................................................................................. 125 APPENDIX G................................................................................................................. 154 APPENDIX H................................................................................................................. 203 APPENDIX I .................................................................................................................