Mini Survey Results & Conclusions

For this survey, I asked fans of Friends to decide which character they saw themselves as most similar too. The aim of this investigation was to see if male fans see themselves as most similar to the male characters and if female fans see themselves as most similar to the female characters. This will then help me to see and determine if there are strong gender related view identification patterns in the show. The results of my mini survey are as follows:

Male participants:

Chandler II

Joey III

Phoebe 

Monica

Rachel

Ross

Female participants:

Chandler 

Joey

Phoebe III

Monica II

Rachel I

Ross

The conclusion I can gather from this is that male viewers identify more strongly with the male characters in the show and female viewers identify more strongly with the female characters in the show. It could be said that this is because the gender stereotypes shown attract each gender to the characters representing them best, representing their gender most strongly. It is also interesting to note that the majority male participants chose the most stereotypically "manly" of the 3 male characters, Joey. This could be because his overly macho representation attracts male viewers to identify with him.