View of Self Television images are present for all of us in some way or form everyday of our lives. The article “Television Images: Exploring How They Affect People’s View of Self and Others” takes on an exploration of the details that form our views based on the images we watch. In a survey conducted by Graves in 1999 it revealed that children watch almost three hours of television per day (Alexandrin, 2009, p. 150). The article details that there are often both perceptions and misperceptions of ones views based on the content of television one watches. Images about others are often formed based on the idea on ones biases in the programs watched. The article uses race as one aspect of bias that is created from the television medium. In a sample of primetime television it found that the majority of television characters were 80 percent white and only 20 percent were of a different ethic culture (Alexandrin, 2009, p. 151). In television commercials the numbers were 86 percent white and 14 percent were of a different ethnic culture (Alexandrin, 2009, p. 151). The dichotomy of black Americans on television leads to two main characterizations: 1) educated and successful or 2) poor and criminal (Alexandrin, 2009, p. 151). This has shown to have an effect on children watching in the belief that there if a dominate positive model character is missing or invisible then the child will have a resultant low self esteem (Alexandrin, 2009, p. 151). In recent television the number of positive characters as increased for the black American culture but bot in other ethnic diversities. The very specific rise in the number of Latino residents was shown as an example of the cultural difference as while the black Americans faced reserved characterizations in the past the Latino community now faces the same dichotomy. The end of the article gives the reader an example of an