ABSTRACT
Representations on TV change from year to year. Although a proper content analysis study should ideally take in many hours of broadcast television, and be performed using rigorous measures, you can still do a simple version yourself. Pick a slice of popular, mainstream programming and count up the number of main characters who are female, and those who are male. Note their roles, concerns and leadership. The more programmes you include, the more (roughly) reliable your figures will be.
