The YWTF Research Committee has created a series of fact sheets to assist YWTF chapters in their media democracy efforts. Entitled Media, Entertainment and Diversity, this research shares some alarming statistics about younger women and media, including:

• Women were just 14% of the guests on the Sunday morning public affairs television programs in the U. S. from November 2004-July 2005. (The White House Project)
• Women in Congress received fewer total newspaper articles, fewer mentions in front-page, national, foreign, metro, business and sports articles, fewer issue-based articles and fewer mentions and quotes in newspaper articles than their male counterparts (Anat Maytal, Media Report to Women, Summer 2005

Most importantly, the research committee is committed to ensuring that any new research on the topic of media democracy is disseminated to our members, across 30 states and in hundreds of communities.

• General Statistics on Women and the Media
• Media, Entertainment and Diversity
• Where are Women in the Media? Blogging!
• Women in the Mainstream Media: A Growing Presence