Research & Resources
Third-party Research and Resources
Education & Learning
- Are social media and gaming good or bad
for our children? - How kid play patterns change over time
- Early Benchmarks Show ‘Post-Millennials’ on Track to Be Most Diverse, Best-Educated Generation Yet
- Association Between Screen Time and Children’s Performance on a Developmental Screening Test
- Parents and Teachers Pass On Math Anxiety to Kids Like a Virus, Especially to Girls
- Boomerang Study: Nearly half of kids over-scheduled
- Four-year-olds’ beliefs about how others regard males and females
- Parents and Educators
- Study says infants’ screen time can cause language delays
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight 2017
Entertainment Industry
- DGA Report: Female & Minority Episodic TV Directors Have Another Record Year, Helm Half Of All Shows For First Time Ever
- The ballet world is still male-dominated, research shows
- China Film Market to Eclipse U.S. Next Year: Study
- Despite Uptick, Female Film Critics Remain Outnumbered By Men
- WMC Investigation 2019: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations — Full report
- Are movies dominated by a small number of old male composers?
- Immigrant TV Characters Are More Likely To Be Criminals Than Real Immigrants
- GLAAD’s ‘Where We Are on TV’ report shows television telling more LGBTQ stories than ever
- DGA Publishes Feature Film Inclusion Report: Study Reveals Feature Film Director Diversity Remained Low in 2017
- Script Girls, Secretaries & Stereotypes: Gender Bias in Pay on Film and Televisions Crews
- Major new study into gender inequality among UK film and TV writers
- GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index
- Reality Check: How many women in top UK film jobs?
- First-Time TV Director Diversity Significantly Improves, Study Finds
- MS FACTOR TOOLKIT: The Power of Female Driven Content
- Director List – Women Directors at Work
- Employment Eligibility Search – Directors Guild of America
Entertainment Industry – Filmmaker Grants
- Film Grants Directory – Film Daily.tv
- A Massive List of Spring 2017 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About – No Film School
- Grants – International Documentary Association
- Filmmaker Fund
- Grants & Awards – Film Independent
Entertainment Industry – Programs for Directors, Producers, Writers
- Industry Diversity Writing Programs, Conferences and Festivals – Writers Guild of America West
- Writers Lab
- Television Director Development Programs – Directors Guild of America
- Directing Lab – Film Independent
- Emerging Film Directors Workshop
- Emerging Director Program – Warner Bros.
- Disney | ABC Directing Program
- Directing Fellowship – HBO Access
Media
- Mars Releases Findings on Gender Representation in Advertising at Cannes Lions
- New Study Confirms Disabled Characters Should Be Included in Children’s Shows
- How are kids watching content?
- Critic’s Choice? Gender and Race/Ethnicity of Film Reviewers Across 100 Top Films of 2017
- YouTube, Instagram And Snapchat All More Popular Than Facebook Among Teens, Pew Reports
- Fewer than one in seven front page photos are taken by women
- The Status of Women of Color in the US Media 2018
- The Status of Women in the US Media 2017
- Study: CAA Finds That Diverse Films of All Budgets Fare Better at Box Office
- Gender Bias Goes Indie: Only 25 Percent of Films at Major Festivals Had Female Director, Study Finds – Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film
- MPAA 2016 Annual Report: Women dominating ticket sales, audience and attendance
- First Findings of EWA’s Pan European Research Project – European Observatory
- DGA Report Finds Director Diversity in Episodic Television Remains Static
- Are there unspoken rules about how boys and girls should act on social network sites?
- TV Writing Remains a White Man’s World, WGA Study Finds.
- USC Sundance Study Barriers for Female Filmmakers
- Academy Award-nominated Movies Lack Females, Racial Diversity – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- The Women’s Media Center 2015 Report on the Status of Women in US Media
- “Shake It Baby, Shake It”: Media Preferences, Sexual Attitudes and Gender Stereotypes Among Adolescents
- Gender Oppression in Cinematic Content – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- Asymmetrical Academy Awards – USC Annenberg School for Communication
- GLAAD Network Responsibility Index (NRI)
- Parent Rating System
- 2018 Hollywood Diversity Report
- 2013 WMC Status of Women in US Media Report – Women’s Media Center
- Girl Scouts: Girls and Media Research
- Equal Opportunity Objectification? The Sexualization of Men and Women on the Cover of Rolling Stone
- International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television – IZI
Status of Women, Girls & Families
- If We Want to Disrupt Cycles of Violence, Psychosocial Support Interventions Provide a Promising Way Forward
- UNICEF says violence against women, girls still common
- Parenthood Is Still Uneven, but an Hour a Day Could Help
- Mental Health Conditions in Film & TV: Portrayals that Dehumanize and Trivialize Characters
- NYC Campaign to Improve Girls’ Self-Esteem
- The Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California 2013, Prepared by Mount St. Mary’s College.
- Sexualization of Girls is Linked to Common Mental Health Problems in Girls and Women – APA
- Facts and Stats about Gender Disparities – California State Controller Betty Yee
Technology
- NIH Study Probes Impact of Heavy Screen Time on Young Brains
- Guide to Cyberbullying: Awareness and Prevention
- Trends in the State of Computer Science in U.S. K-12 Schools – Gallup and Google
- Diversity Gaps in Computer Science: Exploring the Underrepresentation of Girls, Blacks and Hispanics
- The Digital Lives of African American Tweens, Teens, and Parents Report