Series 1 - The Chronology Study

The study investigates and tracks the trends in media messaging on children of both genders since the release of Snow White and The Seven Dwarves in 1937. Not only does it observe major movements in children’s media, but also tracks the influencing themes in adult entertainment that would likely be in a child’s sphere of cognizance.  

We began by compiling lists of relevant data and continue to discover that the study is linear, layered, and living.

We are tracking and quantifying:  

• The Advent of Media  
• History of popular films by box office draw
• Cult film classics by year 
• Most popular television shows (daytime, primetime, network, and cable) 
• YouTube channels, personalities, and most watched videos 
• Steaming Video On Demand inception and defining moments 
• Television usage and data - How many in the home, what's being watched  and by which age group
• VCR's and DVD's brief but remarkable impact on the public 
• Home Computer usage and data - How many in the home, what's being watched  and by which age group
• Smart Devices usage and data - How many in the home, what's being watched  and by which age group
• Internet Access usage and data - How many in the home, what's being watched  and by which age group
• Popular media tropes by gender in film, television, and on YouTube and percentage of those tropes by year and decade. 
• The development of “binge watching” 
• The start of the Disney Princess age and the quantifiable impacts of it's culture in late 20th and early 21st century America. 
• Disney films with and without Princess lead characters  
• The cover of Time Magazine since its inception 
• College attendance figures by sex 
• College majors by gender 
• men and women’s professional roles and salaries over time 
• U.S. population growth rate percentage by year 
• Generations, subcategories of generations, and where they overlap