WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies: Women and the Media, Fall 2008
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Author(s)
Surkan, K.J.
Alternative Title
Gender and Media Studies: Women and the Media
Date Issued
December 2008
Abstract
This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media. We will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, (audience) and the ways in which various media content (film, television, print journalism, advertising) enables, facilitates, and challenges these social constructions in society. In addition, we will examine how gender and race affects the production of media, and discuss the impact of new media and digital media and how it has transformed access and participation, moving contemporary media users from a traditional position of "readers" to "writers" and/or commentators. Students will analyze gendered and racialized language and embodiment as it is produced online in blogs and vlogs, avatars, and in the construction of cyberidentities. The course provides an introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, journalism, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism.
Subjects
gender
race
media studies
election coverage
Sarah Palin
Hillary Clinton
music videos
sexuality
television
film
sports
advertising
fashion
fandom
ethnicity
politics
consumer culture
Saturday Night Live
newspapers
Internet
YouTube
blogs
MIT Department
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies
Terms of Use
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