10 3.-Sharing Data (print out or project on screen): Inequality in 900 Popular Films (2007-2016) Examining 900 films produced between 2007 and 2016, a team of researchers from USC Annenberg’s Media, Diversity, and Social Change initiative found that… a.70.8% of the characters were White, only 13.6% were Black, 5.7% Asian, 3.1% Hispanic/Latino, 3.4% Middle Eastern, <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, <1% Native Hawaiian, and 2.7% Mixed Race or Other. b.Across 900 films and 1,006 directors, only 5.6% of the directors were Black or African American, and only 3% were Asian or Asian American. c.In 2016, out of 4544 speaking characters, only 36 were gay, nine were lesbian, six were bisexual, and zero were transgender. d.Out of 1006 films produced between 2007 and 2016, only 41 were directed by women. Source: INEQUALITY IN 900 POPULAR FILMS | USC Annenberg (Smith et al., 2017)
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