Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Communication

Catalog description

Class themes include the relationship of communication to cultural norms, the social construction of difference, the implications of cultural metaphors and stereotypes, and the consequences of the under representation of some cultural groups in mass media. Students will analyze visual and textual mass communication as well as interpersonal interactions to determine how gender, race, ethnicity, and other facets of cultural difference appear and are negotiated within communication.