Gender and Race in Media (COMM 330)

Term: 2016-2017 Spring Term

Faculty

Nora Madison-KlangShow MyInfo popup for Nora Madison-Klang

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Schedule

Tue, 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM (1/16/2017 - 5/10/2017) Location: MAIN FR 13

Description

Examines representations of gender, race, class, and sexual identity in contemporary American mass media. Using theories from communication studies, cultural studies, and film and gender studies, we will study the different processes and practices of representation to gain insight into the ways in which gender, race, class, and sexuality are encoded and produced. We will study the functions, structures, and forms that comprise the American media landscape, focusing on issues of authorship and spectatorship (audience), and use methodologies such as textual analysis, semiotics, audience reception theory to explore the impact of representations in media on processes of identity formation as well as in the formation of such collectives as national identity, ethnic identity, gender, etc. In addition, we will discuss the impact of new media (digital media) and how it has transformed users from a traditional position of "audience" to one of "producer." Students will critique various media art