Gender and Technology

Catalog description

This class explores the relationship between gender and technology in the digital age. We will consider the countless ways modern technology shapes our attitudes toward and experiences of sex, power, play, and work, and even the way digital technology shapes our bodies. Other topics will include the representation of gender in digital media, feminism and protest in digital spaces, queer gaming, and gender performance through social media. Satisfies a requirement in the Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor. Satisfies a requirement in the Communication Studies interdisciplinary major and minor. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement.