Diversity, Inclusion & Representation

Getting Started

 

Entertainment industries have classically under-represented minority groups. With lots of progress made in the last decades, diversity of identity as well as diversity of thought are essential considerations for present-day producers, writers and directors.

January 3, 2022

Behind the Scenes The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing

In 2019, the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity (TTIE) surveyed current TV writers to delve deeper behind the scenes into issues of representation, inclusion, and equity in television writing. Our goal was to discover barriers that underrepresented writers face in entering and advancing within the industry and to better understand the relationship between underrepresentation and inclusive story content.
January 3, 2022

Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies

The purpose of the present study was to explore the prevalence and portrayal of Muslim characters in popular film. The study includes both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 200 top-grossing movies released between 2017 and 2019 across four countries: the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. In the quantitative analysis
January 3, 2022

Disabled U.s. Audience Perceptions of Representation on Screen

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS), based in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sought to examine the needs and opinions of disabled individuals in terms of media representation.