Media representation of race and gender in media 1.S3.EP.ECS.7
Course objectives:
- providing knowledge about the relationships between minorities and dominant groups in society
- identifying culture of prejudice
- providing knowledge about the concept of symbolic violence
- providing knowledge about the symbolic violence in media
- analyzing representations of minorities in media
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Course content:
1. Introduction
2. Ethnicity, ethnic groups, minorities, dominant group, stereotypes.
3. Migrations and propaganda. Representation of migrants and refugees in public media.
4. Gender roles and intersexuality
5. Concept of symbolic violence
6. Symbolic violence against women in media
7. Representation of sexual minorities in media
8. Representation of Muslims in media
9. Representations of Latinos in media
10. Representation of Romani ppl in media
11. Representation of Afro-Americans in media
12. Representation of Jewish people in media
13. Test
14. Evaluation
15. Conclusions
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
teacher presentation, discussion, material analysis, student presentation, ICT tools/MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Requirements
Course coordinators
Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
1. The student is familiar with the basic terminology of culture studies, including media studies, film studies, race/gender studies (m-W-1/P6S_WG)
Skills
2. The student has the ability to search for, analyze, select and use information related to representation of race and gender in media by consulting various academic and popular sources and tools, including digitalized online repositories (m-U-1/P6S_UO)
3. The student can describe selected types of culture products and practices related to representation of race and gender in media and carry out their critical analysis and interpretation in order to determine their (various) meanings, their social impact, and their place in cultural tradition and heritage of the English-speaking countries (m-U-2/P6S_UW)
Social competences
4. The student is ready to make responsible and ethical use of cultural products with representation of race and gender (m-K-1/P6S_KR)
5. The student shapes their own views regarding the significance of representation of race and gender in media (m-K-2 /P6S_KK)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active particiaption - 25% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3.4.5)
2. A multiple-choice test - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3)
3. A presentation on a chosen topic - 25% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,5)
Pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading list:
1. Little, William, McGivern, Ron, Introduction to Sociology, Victoria BC, 2014.
2. Covert, Melanie, "Notorious but Invisible: How Romani Media Portrayals Invalidate Romani Identity and Existence in Mainstream Society.” Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2016. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/89
3. Nairz-Wirth, Erna, Klaus Feldmann, and Judith Spiegl. “Habitus Conflicts and Experiences of Symbolic Violence as Obstacles for Non-Traditional Students.” European Educational Research Journal 16, no. 1 (January 2017): 12–29.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904116673644.
4. How do media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on migration? EU https://www.media-diversity.org/additional-files/Media_Migration_17_country_chapters.pdf
5. Castañeda, Mari, "The Power of (Mis)Representation: Why Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media Matter" (2018). Challenging
Inequalities: Readings in Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration. 60.
6. Recuero, Raquel. “Social Media and Symbolic Violence.” Social Media + Society, (April 2015). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115580332.
7. Motl, Ryan, "Jewish Representation in Modern Film and Television" (2020). Scholars Day Conference. 2. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/scholars_day_conference/2020/christian_studies/2
8. Sarah C. Gomillion MS & Traci A. Giuliano PhD (2011) The Influence of Media Role Models on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity, Journal of Homosexuality, 58:3, 330-354, DOI:10.1080/00918369.2011.546729
Supplementary materials:
Video materials, documentaries, social media content
Additional information
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