Research Findings

Final Reports

The Representation of Computer and Information Technology, Race, and Gender in the Media Environment of Middle School Students (PDF Document)

Gender and Race in the Visual Representation of Technical, Scientific, and IT Occupations in Career Materials Recommended to Middle School Students (PDF Document)

Papers and Articles

Bernt, P.W., Bernt, J.P., Turner, S.V. (2003, April). Gender Patterns in Middle School Students’ Media Use. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (PDF file)

Turner, S.V., Bernt, P.W., Bernt, J.P. (2003, April). Involving Middle School Students as Co-Researchers of Their Media Environment. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association. (PDF file)

Bernt, J.P., Bernt, P.W., Turner, S.V. (2004, August). Gender Differences in the Media Use of Middle School Students. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention. (PDF file)

Bernt, J. P., Bernt, P.W., Kanayama, T. (2005, August). Representation of Gender and Race in Images of Information Technology in Magazines Popular with Middle School Students. Paper presented to the Magazine Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communcation Annual Meeting

Bernt P.W., Turner S.V., Bernt, J.P. (2005). Middle school students are co-researchers of their media environment: an integrated project. Middle School Journal, 37(1), 38-44

Students Survey
Pilot Project, Mt. Logan Middle School, Chillicothe, Ohio
During the first phase of the study, middle school teachers Nancy Arledge, Martha Davis and Debbie Elliott from Mt. Logan Middle School, Chillicothe, Ohio, piloted the student survey and the content analysis instrument.

Survey Results from participating middle schools are posted.

Student Survey Results are included in the final report.

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