Is accountable and socially responsible. They need characters in books, on TV, in movies that let them know they can be anything they want to be. Violence shocks viewers every 4 minutes. By the time they graduate from high school, our children may have witnessed over 200,000 acts of violence on television. Women, people of color, and other marginalized groups own less than 3 percent of all media.
Women are under-represented in many important areas of media.
For example, only 10 percent of the lead characters on children's programming are female. Media often do not act in the public's best interest. By feeding our children a regular diet of violent scenes and 'bad' news, we send them the message that this is what's important. Children all across our country are being affected. We need to take collective action.