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Why TV matters

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Television
 Graphic design
 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
 Disability
 Race
 Gender
 Glee (Television Show)
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2025-05
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Have you ever watched a TV show and had a moment where you realized, oh, maybe these characters are not as well represented as I thought? As a little girl, I started paying more attention to the rampant, harmful stereotypes in the TV shows that I was watching, such as Victorious and Jessie. My mother would make it a point to break down stereotyped characters in the shows I would watch, but not everyone had that same experience. For my thesis project. Why TV Matters, I explored complexities and nuance in character stereotypes and representation in TV. I interviewed faculty friends, and staff to create an interactive website prototype that explores three broad areas of representation: race, gender, and disabilities. What people see on the TV has an extremely significant impact on their perception of the world and different groups of people. Has representation in TV improved in the last 10-15 years? Absolutely. Has the representation gotten more diverse, or intersectional? Maybe it’s time you start watching through a different lens. Keywords: Graphic design Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Disability representation Race Gender Glee Television
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