Race, Class, Gender & Media

Catalog description

Critically examines the role of the media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social constructions of race, class, and gender in our society. Students will acquire analytical skills to explore race, class, and gender issues in media organizations and understand diverse audiences’ responses to media representations. They will also learn about some different theories and approaches to doing research on race, class, and gender, and the mass media and develop the ability to speak and write honestly and sensitively about race and gender. Course Attributes: Africana Studies Minor, Solidarity & Kinship Flag, GDST - Intersectionality, Gender & Diversity Studies, Peace & Justice Studies Minor College of Arts & Sciences Communication