Race, Gender and Media

Catalog description

This course examines how media institutions, texts, and technologies construct, circulate, and challenge representation of race, gender, class, and other intersecting identities in the United States. Drawing on a variety of critical frameworks, students analyze how film, television, news, advertising, and digital media both reflect and reinforce broader systems of power, privilege, and inequality. Through case studies, the course explores how marginalized communities have represented, excluded, and have created counter-narratives that contest dominant ideologies. Emphasis is placed on developing critical media literacy and analytical skills to understand media’s role in shaping identity, citizenship, and social change.