The MediaWatch Project is a network of volunteers who monitor TV, movies, magazines, newspapers, websites, and other media and record positive and negative portrayals of large-size people.

To be a MediaWatch volunteer, please read through the media portion of this website. When you notice something in the media that pleases or offends you concerning body size and weight, fill out a MediaWatch Comment Form and send it to us.

If you are interested in further activism, you can write a letter to the company responsible for the positive or negative portrayal. This packet includes guidelines for writing letters of praise or criticism, and lists of addresses for television networks. For additional addresses, including advertisers, you can call or visit your local library and ask the reference librarians for help.

We keep active files on companies and organizations, and track instances of positive or negative portrayals of larger people. The power of our comments to the networks and other media depends directly on the personal comment forms sent in by our MediaWatch volunteers. Together, we can have an important influence on the media's attitudesand thereby on society's attitudestowards people of size.

Thank you for your help.

Miriam Berg
MediaWatch Coordinator