Overview

The topic will critically explore representations of gender, race, sexuality, class and ability in a number of media and popular culture genres. It will investigate the ways that interaction with media both reproduces and challenges existing social and cultural relations of power. Students will be introduced to contemporary feminist theories … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to support students to:

  • Help students identify and analyse key discourses in media representations and the ways in which power relations are challenged as well as reproduced through our interaction with media
  • Offer students the opportunity to develop specific skills in media analysis
  • Help students critically reflect on issues related to gender, sexuality, class, race and disability in media and popular culture
  • Help students develop oral presentation skills

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Appraise a number of feminist approaches to analyzing of media texts
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Evaluate the discourses and dominant meanings produced in a media text
3.
Assess a critical reflection on a contemporary topical issues related to gender, sexuality, race, class or disability

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