The mass media are valuable tools for influencing atttiudes toward women and for helping women to evaluate their roles in society. This paper discusses advantages and disadvantages of radio, printed materials, television, and film as socialization tools; the need for special attention to improving the status of women; new media products designed especially to aid in improving women's status; and efforts by organizations around the world to improve the image of women in the media and to make the media more responsive to women's needs. The paper then presents bibliographies of materials dealing with the status of women, divided according to the following categories: publications on the status of women around the world, films on women's roles in numerous different countries, and research reports on women in countries around the world. (GW)