In our media, are all races and ethnicity portrayed similarly?
Are disabled persons featured proportionally to their numbers?
Are both men and women featured, and are their images treated equally?
Conduct a mini-research project in which you select a number of weeks of a daily publication, such as your regional newspaper; a number of months of a specific magazine; or a number of hours of a single channel of television programming. From the advertisements presented, tally ratios of able to disabled persons featured, men vs. women, number of ethnic groups, and/or how many races you see regularly. Chart your information a specifically as possible.
Develop a final page in which you draw conclusions regarding the equality of representation in our media: people with disabilities, men and women, major ethnic groups, and races. You may wish to add categories as you analyze your data.