A child is born in a culture and learns the culture to be able to survive in that society. This process starts at birth and ends with death which is called socialization. Family, school, friend, media etc. is affective on socialization. Children learn gender roles by socialization. Since we are at technology age, children mostly socialize through media. At small ages, the most important socialization object is television. They learn most of the things from the television. This study aimed to find out the effect of television on children’s perceptions of gender roles. 15 secondary school students in Denizli Turkey participated to the study. Document analysis method as a qualitative research was used to gather data. Participants were asked to draw a picture of a woman’ role that s/he has seen on television. Pictures were analyzed by the researcher and two other experts. The data gathering is still in progress and the results will be presented later. 

Keywords: Children, woman image, television, socialization.

Dr. Aysun Dogutas completed her bachelor’s degree at English Language Teaching Department of Education Faculty at Hacettepe University in Turkey. After her graduation from the university, she went to USA for master and doctoral degrees. She completed her master and doctoral education in Cultural Foundations Department of Education Faculty at Kent State University in the USA. She researched school violence phenomenon in Ankara state schools as a doctoral thesis called “SCHOOL VIOLENCE IN TURKEY MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES IN MULTIPLE SETTINGS”. Dr. Dogutas served as a research assistant in Gerald H. Read International and Intercultural Education Center at Kent State University. Due to her services at the center, Dr. Dogutas received Excellent Leadership Award. After finishing her doctorate degree, she returned to Turkey and worked as n assistant professor at Agrı Ibrahim Cecen University for three years. She received associate degree in 2009 and still working as an associate professor at Philosophical, Social and Historical Foundations of Education Department at Pamukkale University, Denizli. Her study interests are gender, violence, migration, media, and educational sociology.