Mirror on the Industry 2
Mirror on the Industry Part 2 explores how much progress the industry has made over the last 2 years when it comes to representation of minority groups in TV ads.
This time we're looking at even more groups including women, older people and people from a lower social grade to explore how extensive representation in ads really is. Are there more lead roles and less tokenism?
About the Project
At Channel 4 we’re proud to be one of the UK’s most recognised and authoritative voices on diversity and inclusion. Its in our blood to stand up for diversity and champion unheard voices, so we put that ambition at the heart of everything we do.
Mirror On The Industry is a major insight initiative, exploring how representative and inclusive current television advertisements are. This site currently displays the results of our first project in 2019 and the on-demand session revealing the results of our second wave 2021.
As part of Channel 4's Black To Front Project, we have committed to undertake an annual diversity audit across the TV advertising landscape. This will sit alongside the bi-annual Mirror On the Industry project and aims to track the progress of the advertising industry, in terms of diverse inclusion.
Key Insights from 2019
In summary, the research found that...
..representation levels for minority groups in TV advertising are still too low, especially when it comes to lead roles.
..minority groups don’t feel like ads are inclusive – tokenism is still rife and stereotypes are over-used and often damaging.
...it’s seen as our responsibility as an industry to improve and embrace diversity and inclusion – with significant commercial, creative and societal benefits to doing so.
Download the full insight deck to MOTI Part 1
Find Out More
For more information about the project, or to request one of our team to come and present it to your business, please get in touch!
Sam Cannons
Research Manager, Channel 4
Katya Des-Etages
Research Executive, Channel 4
Research Presentation
The Mirror on the Industry project formed part of our first Lockdown Learning webinar in late April 2020 - you can watch the full presentation below...