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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">To jump start a class discussion of technical communication related to diversity, equity, and inclusion that might be especially engaging for your students,
consider two new reports on women in the film industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University (<a href="https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu">https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">)
in its 10-page study covers directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, producers, and composers, while the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative of the University of Southern California (<a href="https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/aii">https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/aii</a>)
in its </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">22-page
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">study focuses on film directors. The two reports detail the persistent rarity of women in the film industry in spite of obvious successes (e.g., Greta Gerwig<i>,
</i>director of<i> Barbie</i>).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">The pair of reports also offer the opportunity for instructive comparison/contrast of their research methods, organization of information, adoption of plain
language, choice and display of graphics, rhetorical and ethical impact, etc.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The SDSU study (“The Celluloid Ceiling: Employment of Behind-the-Scenes Women on Top Grossing U.S. Films in 2023”<b>)
</b>is available at <a href="https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Celluloid-Ceiling-Report.pdf">
https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Celluloid-Ceiling-Report.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The USC study (“Inclusion in the Director’s Chair<b>:
</b>Analysis of Director Gender and Race/Ethnicity Across the 1,700 Top Films from 2007 to 2023”) is available at
<a href="https://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-inclusion-directors-chair-2024.pdf">
https://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-inclusion-directors-chair-2024.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CAUTION: Using classroom materials related to diversity, equity, and inclusion might be illegal in your location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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