ATS2561 - Sex and the media - 2018

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?

On successful completion of this unit students should have:

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

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Communications and media studies

Sociology