Television broadcasting--Management Television writers Race in mass media Blacks in mass media African Americans in mass media Characters and characteristics on television Mass media and minorities
The purpose of this study is to research the proposition that diversifying the writers' room on television comedies and dramas could increase the accuracy of the characteristics portrayed through African American characters. The data found comes from television show data reports, peer reviewed journals, The Writer's Guild of America and questionnaires completed by film and television executives, staff writers and other employees. This study will discuss diversity in the hiring of writers and if the success of a show depends on the number of writers of color. Also exploring the necessity of the diversity programs put into place by networks and if they are beneficial to the African American writer's experience in the writers' room of a television show.
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Title
Race in the writers' room
Creators
Lateefa Smith - DU
Contributors
Michelle McHugh (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
Awarding Institution
Drexel University
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (M.S.)
Publisher
Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of pages
70 pages
Resource Type
Thesis
Language
English
Academic Unit
Television (and Media) Management; Cinema and Television; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Other Identifier
8231; 991014632664504721
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