COMMS 304
Gender, Politics and the Media
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for COMMS 304.
Description
This course critically examines the relationships between gender, politics and the media. In particular, it employs a gender perspective to ask questions about how media representations become political when they reinforce or subvert social roles and ideologies; what the role of the media in gendering political and social processes is; how gender is mediated and becomes a political issue. We will reflect upon the theories, debates and controversies that reveal the interplay between gender, politics and the media and will apply a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the gendered analysis of contemporary media, politics, culture and society.
Availability 2017
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Misha Kavka
Points
COMMS 304: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage II
These points can be from COMMS, FTVMS or SCREEN.
Restrictions
FTVMS 213, 324