Undergraduate - UnitATS2561 - Sex and the media

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sociology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Amy Dobson

Notes

Previously coded GND2030

Synopsis

Sex and the media will examine contemporary media and the implications these have for gender, identity, relationships, communities and social policy. Critical interdisciplinary approaches are used to address the following key questions:
How is sex, gender and sexuality created and produced by popular culture?
How are cultural meanings around sex and gender made, circulated and reinforced?
What roles do consumers have in determining and defining the product?

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should have:

A grounded working knowledge of the major theoretical and methodological approaches on sex and the media;
An informed theoretical critique of how gender and sexuality is constituted in popular culture;
An interdisciplinary approach to media analysis;
Library-based research skills and a working knowledge of the major data-bases used in the field;
The ability to think critically and analytically about gender representation in the world around them, and to articulate those thoughts in writing

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Class participation/presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Amy Dobson

Workload requirements

One 2-hour seminar per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sociology
Communications
Journalism studies

Prerequisites

Two Gateway units in a related discipline

Prohibitions

ATS3561, WMN2030, WMN3030