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Gender Survey
You need to design a set of questions about how media and gender relate to
each other. You will ask these questions to at least 10 people to see if you
find any common information or interesting contrasts.
For example, you might be wondering how men and women perceive gender issues
in advertising. So you might ask some questions about which ads they like, which
ads they dislike, how men/women are portrayed in the ads they like and in the
ads they dislike.
Try to keep the questions open, that is, questions that can't be answered
with "yes" or "no." On the other hand, you don't want questions that are so
broad that the respondent talks for half and hour! You will get tired of
writing!
And remember that you should have at least three demographic questions. These
are the questions that help you identify and categorize the recipient.
Examples of these questions might be "Male/Female?" "Age group: under 15, 15-20,
20-25, 25-30, etc." "Education level: not HS grad, HS grad, some college,
bachelor's degree, advanced college degree" "Parent? How many children?" "Income
level: under $10,000/yr, 10-25,000/yr, 35-50,000/yr, over 50,000/yr." "Marital
status: married, divorced, single, living together" and lots of other info OTHER
THAN NAMES! that can help you see patterns.
Remember too that you will want to use at least one of these quotations in
your essay, so take careful notes and don't misquote anyone!
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