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| 1085-4315-01 | Gender, identity and self-presentation in an era of new medi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 3.0
Course description
The seminar will focus on questions of gender, identity and self-presentation in an era of new media technologies. We will examine gender differences in access and uses of new media and digital technologies, and the means of self-presentation which these media enable. We will start with understanding of the gendered context of risks and opportunities of the Internet. We will continue into the different contexts for examining questions regarding gender and identity: The current media culture and related phenomena (such as Sexualization, Objectification, Pornographication). We will also get to know some peer-group dynamics – an important context of youth culture. The course will introduce the students with different approaches to the question of identity formation, while focusing on digital identity. Finally, we will acknowledge self-presentation and identity construction in the Internet and new media technologies using different case studies such as social network sites (SNSs), Blogs and Vblogs, gaming, instant messages, and sexting.The course is based on reading theoretical and empirical texts, and analyzing concrete examples.