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Submitted: May 3, 2007 - 9:28am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:02am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:02am
PRIME-TIME TV SWEEPS: AS DEMEANING IMAGES OF WOMEN RISE, SO DO RATINGS
[SOURCE: AlterNet, AUTHOR: Sandra Kobrin, Women's eNews]
[Commentary] As TV networks head into their big sweeps and hotly compete for ratings and advertisers, Sandra Kobrin gapes at the demeaning and downright scary portrayal of women in our most powerful communication medium.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/51314/
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