ASC300 - Gender, Media and Society
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ASC346 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1-hour online lecture (recordings provided) per week 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit takes a sociological approach to gender and the media, exploring gender identities, subjectivities, relations and politics relative to transformative shifts in the media landscape. Gender issues will be examined across the three media dimensions of Industry, Content and Users. Students will be introduced to a rich range of theoretical orientations (such as post feminism, intersectionality and theories of affect) to critically analyse the workings of gender in the media. Students will learn how to apply sociological and feminist approaches to critically analyse media issues and developments such as hashtag activism, sexism and sexualisation, media (in)visibility, digital labour, online harassment, influencer culture, and popular feminism. By investigating the links between media power, representation, social inequality and social action, this unit fosters critical thinking at the intersections of gender, race, sexuality and ability.
Unit Fee Information
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