Mostly Male Media

¿What percent of the people quoted in the New York Times during the 2012 election were women?

  1. How accurate was your prediction?

  2. What is the cause of this gender imbalance?

  3. What is a consequence of this gender imbalance?

  4. Explain whether you think that men and women would tend to have different opinions and viewpoints on issues:

  5. How different do you think these numbers were back in 1960?

  6. How different do you think these numbers will be in 2028?

  7. In the comments section, tell the news media what you think about the data show in this chart?


Action Extension

Watch news, read news, or listen to the news one day for 22 minutes. Keep a log of the percentage of the people quoted or interviewed divided by gender. Share your totals with the news media you viewed along with your opinion of whatever gender bias you observed.

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