MCO 307 Gender Media Communication

3 Credit(s) W-II DPDS

This course examines various aspects of gender in media. Using theories from gender studies. cultural studies and media/communication studies. we will unpack media texts to better understand how gender (and its intersections with race, ethnicity and class is constructed communicated and integrated into our everyday lives. We will utilize various writing genres to investigate the socio-cultural structures that help us to form our individual and collective identities. teaching us what it means to live within a gender continuum, and will explore the performative nature of gender and ways in which gender is linked to power, identity, voice and other identity categories (eg: race, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, etc.) Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: W-I course; Not open to students who have completed MCO274.