Title of the thesis:

From ‘The Cosby Show’ to ‘Blackish’: Cultural Analysis comparing gender roles.
By: Dominique Hoskins Shorter University

Statement of the problem:
This study needs to be conducted because over past years throughout television, there have not been enough representations of wealthy African-American families being portrayed. Many shows like My Wife & Kids have tried to carry out with their own originality. So far none have been able to connect with audience in an influential way as The Cosby Show.
Lit Review:
Slide one: * Tannen (2010) mentions that both masculine and feminine conversational styles are equally valid; her use of the term genderlect reflects this idea. * Describing them as masculine and feminine styles presents them as two distinct cultural dialects rather than as inferior or superior ways of speaking also * Tannen (2010) identifies that each gender uses its own distinctive language codes to draw different inferences from the same message.
Slide two:
Studies using Genderlect Styles

Purpose (importance) of the study:
The purpose of this study will be to discover the progress of wealthy educated African-American families portrayed on television. The central concept being studied are the married couples from the 1980’s sitcom The Cosby Show and 2015’s Blackish. Using Genderlect Styles theory the researcher hopes to determine if gender roles have changed from the 1980’s to 2015 for wealthy educated African-American families.

Research question(s):

RQ: How have the gender roles for a wealthy African-American family changed from the 1980’s The Cosby Show to 2015’s Blackish?

Method:
Slide one:

This study will be a qualitative study because I will mostly receive information based on conclusions from written sources; also it will also be quantitative study because the researcher will use