I am a Mass CommUnication Major. This semester I am enrolled in Broadcast News course. This blog has been created for this class, and I have been asked to post news stories in which I found interesting. In searching for stories, I came across this particular one on the NY Times Website. It is the study of the screen time a female lead receives in movies by using audio and video technology with complex equations created by The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. In taking classes in my major concentration, I have noticed a correlation each between them. In my Intro to Film this semester we just completed a short discussion of the role of the woman in films. We mentioned how in Hollywood movies companies during the 1920's mistreat women behind the scene (many women were scriptwriters) and in front of the screen forcing women to protest and join unions to receive their human rights. This was caused by the pride and monopoly the White industry men possessed. We also spoke on the Black Cinema Movement and their portrayal of women in films and how they gave African American women more of a stance in the culture. It was ironic to read this new article written in 2016 where women are still not receiving equal treatment in the Hollywood film industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/movies/geena-davis-inclusion-quotient-research.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&action=click&contentCollection=arts®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=1
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