Data Charts

Partial Correlations Between Media Use by

 

Genre and AATH (Controlling for Sex, Race,

 

Religiosity, SES, and Wave)

	AATH
TV Genres
Prime-time situation comedies	.02
Prime-time dramas	.00
Music videos	.01
Daytime talk shows	.01
Soap operas	.00
PAST Prime-time comedies & dramas	.08***
PAST Music videos	.06*
PAST Soap operas	.02
Magazine Genres
Teen	.06*
Women’s	.02
Men’s	.03
Health	.03
Popular culture	.08**

 

Note.  * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

This graph shows the acceptance percentage from the 1,761 students who were surveyed about accepting homosexuality. As shown here, the past prime -time comedies and dramas looks like the type of medium that gets the highest acceptance rate for homosexuality.

 

Table 3

 

Significant Partial Correlations Between Women’s Media Use and AATH (Controlling for Religiosity, Parental Education, and Year)

	All	White	Asian	Black
	Women	Women	Women	Women
	(n D 1096)	(n D 759)	(n D 172)	(n D 79)
	General Media Exposure
Total TV viewing
Total movie viewing
Total magazine reading
	TV Viewing by Genres
Prime-time situation comedies				.22*
Prime-time dramas
Music videos	.07*
Daytime talk shows
Soap operas
PAST Prime-time sitcoms	.07*	.11**
& dramas
PAST Music videos
PAST Soap operas
	Magazine Genres
Teen	.09**	.11**
Women’s
Men’s
Health
Popular culture	.08*

 

Note.  *p   .05; **p    .01; ***p    .005.

This graph describes the acceptance rate from women and black women are the most accepting of homosexuality through prime-time situation comedies.

Table 4

 

Significant Partial Correlations Between Men’s Media Use and AATH (Controlling for Religiosity, Parental Education, and Year)

		White	Asian	Black
	All Men	Men	Men	Men
	(n D 647)	(n D 450)	(n D 105)	(n D 27)
	General Media Exposure
Total TV viewing
Total movie viewing	.08*		.20*
Total magazine reading
	TV Viewing by Genres
Prime-time situation			.28**
comedies
Prime-time dramas				.48**
Music videos
Daytime talk shows	.09*
Soap operas	.10*
PAST Prime-time	.09*		.25*
sitcoms & dramas
PAST Music videos
PAST Soap operas			.20*
	Magazine Genres
Teen
Women’s
Men’s
Health
Popular culture	.10*	.12*

 

Note. *p    .05; **p    .01; ***p    .005.

 This is the graph for men. Black men are the most accepting of homosexuality through prime-time dramas.