Michael+and+Sheldon

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Abstract:

This article is about The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). The GMMP is a project which creates statistics which focus on the representation of women and men in news media worldwide. Many of the statistics found in this article focus on the changes in media. Although many of the statistics in this article show that women are still grossly underrepresented in media, they also show that there is a slow, but steady improvement.

Michael’s Response:

I found this article very interesting because, although I understood that the media favored men, the statistics showed just how biased the media. After browsing through the wide range of statistics, I was shocked to see how all areas of the media were biased. Looking at the rate of change in these statistics, it seems like the presence of women in media is actively being controlled and regulated. With the world’s rapid increase in Internet usage, I would have expected society’s gender barriers to diminish, not persist. Sadly, these statistics prove that society is extremely biased and that these biases are deeply rooted in our culture. It is sad to see just how little society has developed in such a long period of time.

Sheldon's Response:

 The News continue to portray a world in which men outnumber women in almost all occupational categories, the highest disparity being in the professions. The article on media gives many examples and shows great graphs that helped me understand the path media has taken over the past couple of years. The article and graphs gives us enough information to explain how media chose it's workers. After scrolling down the page I noticed that women are having more trouble making the job than men are. The little side paragraphs is very helpful to help us anyalze the problem. One of the articles stated " the sex gap remains high especially in the professions as depicted in the news. 69% of news subjects portrayed as educators are male", I found it interesting that after years of equality between sex's that men and women are not yet equal. Questions:


 * 1) Why has gender equality not improved much since 1995?
 * 2) Do you think that gender equality in the media will improve in the near future?
 * 3) Why do you think that the media is biased towards men?
 * 4) Do you think that all jobs have the same problem with gender equality as does news media?
 * 5) What solutions can you think of that will help women?