Anita Hill, chair of the Hollywood Commission and Nina Shaw (board members), launched Thursday’s second entertainment industry survey. This survey is intended to examine and address power imbalance and abuse in the film and television industry.
The survey is now open hollywoodentertainmentsurvey.org, and the Hollywood Commission encourages all members of the community to participate in its anonymous questionnaire. The commission has also expanded its survey’s demographics and will additionally have a focus on people working in the gaming sector.
In 2017, the #MeToo movement was in its zenith, and the Hollywood Commission was established. It released its first industry-wide survey in 2020. The survey surveyed 9,650 Hollywood entertainment workers. 65% of them felt that harassment by someone less powerful would not be tolerated, even with calls for reform. What’s more, just a fraction of those who experienced harassment (28%) actually reported it to their employers, believing that nothing would be done or that they wouldn’t be believed.
This new survey is described by a “temperature check”It will help to identify where progress has been made and where more work is needed. It also hopes to increase the number of respondents by doubling it to 20,000. Some of the survey’s new questions will assess the ways in which people experience colorism or what resources and support are needed for survivors and victims of retaliation such that they can get back into the industry.
“As we seek to determine what systemic progress we have made over the past several years, the second Hollywood Commission Entertainment Survey is more important and in many ways consequential than our first,”Hill made the statement in a statement. “With this new edition, we hope to double the participation of the first survey, which will help provide us with the insight we need as we continue to focus our efforts on our next phase of work. The key to that will be participation – we need to hear directly from all workers about their experiences. We look forward to working with our partners to encourage everyone in the industry to respond and participate, safely and anonymously.”
The Hollywood Commission started its first survey by establishing anti-bullying training sessions for independent production companies. This is to prevent and root out misconduct in small environments where it may not be possible to report.
The 2022 survey is open to entertainment professionals in film and television, commercials and live theater, music, broadcast and corporate news, talent representation and the gaming industry. It will be available from countries such as the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, and countries throughout Asia, Oceania, and the South Pacific.
You can submit until November 27, 2022. The results will then be published in early 2023. Survey responses will focus the Commission’s efforts over the next several years – informing the issues that it will elevate for the community and pinpointing where the organization will prioritize its resources.
You can check out ’s 2020 conversation with Anita Hill and Nina Shaw about some of the results of the survey here. See the complete 2019-20 survey results Here.
