Gender and Communication

Catalog description

This course examines the interactive relationship between gender and communication in various communication contexts. Throughout the course, we will explore the multiple ways communication in our society creates and perpetuates gender roles; we consider how individuals enact socially created gender differences in public and private settings and how this affects success, satisfaction, and self-esteem; and we connect gender theory and research to our professional and personal experiences. Therefore, areas to be studied include: theories of gender; roles and stereotypes; gender styles in verbal and nonverbal communication; processes and socialization; the personal and social constructions of gender and representations of gender in the media. Prerequisite: None. (Offered every fall term).