Building Representation for Kids and Their Families: Theory and Practice (CRC Lecture Series)

DEI considerations are increasingly being placed front and center in the children’s media industry, and it seems like more and more people are understanding that “representation matters.” But how and why does it matter, and to whom? And how do we figure out what kids and their families need, and then build content informed by those realities? In this talk, we’ll explore recent and ongoing research that applies, tests, and works towards building theories and establishing more groundwork for informing our understanding of representation needs for marginalized children and their communities, as well as what educational consulting in this domain can look like. This lecture is presented by Dr. AnneMarie McClain (she/her), Assistant Professor of Media Science. It is part of the Communication Research Center (CRC) Lecture Series. To learn more, https://bit.ly/CRC_ColloquiumLectureSeries