COMM 356
Sex & Gender in Popular Media

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Western Compartv Cult course.

The course examines the notion that the mass media influence our development as gendered individuals, looking at those who argue for and against this notion. We consider different forms of feminist theory applied to the study of mass media, the history and scholarly criticisms of the media and their portrayal of women, and feminist attempts to create alternatives to mainstream media images. Throughout the course we consider representation of minorities in the dominant media and examine newly created alternative representations. Same as GWS 356.