Media and Identity

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Representations of identity in media and popular culture; how media and technology use shape and are shaped by identity; media as sites for negotiation and construction of identities such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, social class, physical/mental ability, nationality and religion; impacts and effects of media stereotypes and counter-stereotypes; positive storytelling, counter-narratives and media initiatives that resist mainstream portrayals; media activism and social justice. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.