Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't

NOW YOU SEE 'EM, NOW YOU DON'T: GENDER & RACIAL DISPARITY IN TV FOR CHILDREN
[SOURCE: See Jane Run and Dads & Daughters, AUTHOR: Joe Kelly & Stacy Smith]
See Jane Run released a new report that documents a lack of diversity in television programming for children. USC researchers coded thousands of speaking characters in more than 1,100 children’s movies and TV shows. “Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don't” analyzes the ratio of male and female characters in television shows created for young children and how frequently these characters occupy narrowly prescribed gender roles. The research shows some areas of progress, but many areas of stubbornly entrenched gender and racial imbalance remain in children’s entertainment.
http://www.seejane.org/pdfs/TV.disparity.pdf