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HPA Women in Post and SMPTE Present:

Women in Technology Luncheon

Changing the Status Quo: Gender Bias in Media and Entertainment

Featuring Madelime Di Nonno of the Geena Davis Institute

Lectrosonics — Our Story (Film)
Founded by Academy-Award® winning actor and advocate Geena Davis in 2004, The Institute is the first research-based organization working within the media and entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence content creators, marketers and audiences about the importance of eliminating unconditional bias, highlighting gender balance, challenging stereotypes, creating role models and scripting a wide variety of strong female characters in entertainment and media that targets and influences children ages 11 and under. The Institute is also the only organization employing the GD-IQ tool to create systemic change in entertainment media content creation. Whats the Issue
  • Twelve years ago, Geena Davis observed a severe gender disparity in children’s media. In the 21st Century, women and girls are 51% of the population, entertainment media has always been bereft of female representation on screen; a ratio of approximately 3:1.
  • These research facts were not discovered until Geena pioneered the largest research study on gender depictions in children’s entertainment media.
  • We’re showing children at the youngest age that woman and girls do not take up half the space and do not have the same value and importance as men and boys.
Why it matters?
  • Children are engaging with media up to 7 hours a day, and consuming massive amounts of unconscious bias in the programming they’re consuming.
  • Media can greatly influence children’s social and cultural behaviors and beliefs.
  • Negative stereotypes they see in media can create life-long imprints which can affect their attitudes toward male and female roles in our society as well as career occupations and self-esteem.
What is our solution? We are the only research-driven organization collaborating within the media and entertainment industry to expose gender imbalance, identify unconscious bias and creatively remodel content to achieve gender equity. The Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (GD-IQ), was developed through a partnership with USC Viterbi and Google. GD-IQ is a revolutionary machine learning media measurement tool that incorporates audio and visual processing technologies to analyze massive amounts of media content in real-time. Launched in September 2016, the GD-IQ can calculate content analysis detail with a level of accuracy that eludes human coders. It pushes the boundaries of how we identify the imbalance of the representation of specific demographics and stereotypes in media. Our Impact The Institute is the go-to resource and thought leader on gender in media for over a decade. Our expertise has prompted significant change in messaging at major networks, studios, production companies, guilds and agencies. For example, GDI has:
  • Influenced significant gender portrayal in leading content such as Family Films Inside Out, Hotel Transylvania, The Little Prince, Equity and TV Shows Empire and DocMcStuffins.
  • Conducted custom educational workshops and presentations for industry leaders including: Cartoon Network, CBS, Disney Animation, DreamWorks, Electronic Arts, FOX Feature Animation, Google/YouTube, Hearst, HIT, ITVS, PBS, Sesame Workshop, Sony Feature Animation, Universal Pictures, Variety, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros.
  • Our SmartBrief newsletter publishes breaking news, trends, research and insights on Gender in Media from around the world.
68% of entertainment industry executives familiar with the Institute’s research changed 2 or more projects, 41% changed 4 or more projects. Changes included aspirations/occupations of female characters, their dialogue, story development or an increase in female characters. Review our Impact Study. The Institute’s research are frequently cited in major media outlets and programs including The New York Times, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, FOX News, Good Morning America, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Washington Post, USA Today, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and MSNBC, accumulating over 1 billion audience impressions with a potential media value of over $10 million. (Source: Nielsen Net Ratings).

Find out more about SMPTE at www.smpte.org

For more than a century, the people of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®, pronounced “simp-tee”) have sorted out the details of many significant advances in media and entertainment technology, from the introduction of “talkies” and color television to HD and UHD (4K, 8K) TV. Since its founding in 1916, the Society has received an Oscar® and multiple Emmy® Awards for its work in advancing moving-imagery engineering across the industry. SMPTE has developed thousands of standards, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines, more than 800 of which are in force today. SMPTE Time Code and the ubiquitous SMPTE Color Bars are just two examples of the Society’s notable work. Now in its second century, the Society is shaping the next-generation of standards and providing education for the industry to ensure interoperability as the industry evolves further into IT- and IP-based workflows. SMPTE’s global membership today includes more than 7,000 members: motion-imaging executives, creatives, technologists, researchers, and students who volunteer their time and expertise to the Society’s standards development and educational initiatives. A partnership with the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) connects SMPTE and its membership with the businesses and individuals who support the creation and finishing of media content. SMPTE strives toward its goal through: Membership Promoting networking and interaction Standards Developing industry standards Education Enhancing expertise through the Motion Imaging Journal, conferences, seminars, webcasts, and Section meetings