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Media in all its forms – print, Internet, television,
music, etc. – are a major force in creating and inventing
reality for the world. This course addresses how our
ideas about sex and our identities as men, women, and
sexual beings are constructed, contested and subverted in
different sites within media culture. It explores the
complex relationships between media texts, their
production as well as consumption. In addition to engaging
with various theoretical perspectives, it also
aims to acquire students with a working knowledge of
critical viewing and deconstruction methodologies
by participating in small teams which focus on
different media genres (these might include children’s
cartoons, the soap opera, music video, talk shows, etc.)
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