Gender,race, and aggression in newer TV networks' primetime programming |
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| Authors: | Jack Glascock |
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| Institution: | Department of Communication , Assistant Professor at Illinois State University , Normal, IL, 61790 |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines gender and minority roles on non‐traditional network primetime programming. In all, 39 shows, 24 comedies and 15 dramas, were analyzed on the Fox, WB, and UPN networks. Compared to previous content analyses of traditional network programming, major male and female characters seem somewhat more equivalent but females more provocatively dressed. Males were over‐represented as participants in physical aggression. Black and white characters were also found equivalent in many respects, but program segregation still appears problematic. Blacks were more verbally aggressive, particularly in comedies, but less physically aggressive than warranted by their overall representation. |
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| Keywords: | gender race verbal aggression physical aggression television programming |
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