Academic Catalog

SOC516 GENDER, MEDIA & CULTURAL REPRESENTATION

Course Code: 2320516
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. AYÞE NUR SAKTANBER
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course aims to focus on the modalities of mass media by which hegemonic construction of gender identities come to be realized. Film, television and texts produced through cyberspace, photography, and the graphic arts and also ´women genres´ as objects of analysis and as research tools. Retrospective inquiries on the selected topics will depend on the current research interests of students and they will design and carry out their projects.