My purpose in posting this message is to ask your help for a study we
are conducting. Our study is concerned with people's experiences
with materials and contents that come to them via any mass media --
television shows and movies of any kind, video and computer games,
music of any kind, internet sites, newspaper and magazine content of
any kind, novels, comics and graphic books, and radio shows of any
kind.

You have probably noticed that some things that come to you in the
media are more directed to one gender -- some seem meant for or
directed to men or boys while some seem meant for or directed to
women or girls.

We want you to tell us how you see these kinds of media as being
directed to one gender or the other, and how you have experienced
them in your life. So we are looking to talk to both men and women --
anyone who's ever used any media at any point in their lives.

To gather these experiences, I am conducting interviews. If you
agree to participate in the interview, you will be given a worksheet
to list your experiences with these types of media. This worksheet
will be used to structure the interview. The interviews will be over
the phone or in person, at a time of your convenience, and should
last between 90-120 minutes.

Because these are your actual experiences with such media, there is
no right or wrong answer. You also don't have to worry about talking
about something you would rather not, and you can feel free to go
into as much depth and detail as you would like.

All participants in the study need to be at least 18 years of age.
If you are interested in being interviewed on this subject, please
contact me, CarrieLynn Reinhard, at ijedi7@... or
reinhard.27@....