Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction to Course Discussion of FemTechNet and Feminist Technology / Pedagogy, Media, New Media, and Blogs In-class Video Newsom, Jennifer Siebel and Kimberlee Acquaro. Miss Representation. Girls Club Entertainment, 2014. Watch on YouTube.
2	Gallery Visit to the MIT List Visual Arts Center. Special Event: List Reading Group: Role-Playing, focused on Ann Hirsch exhibit How do media platforms simultaneously construct and maintain a range of characters and social roles? Join List Curatorial Fellow Monica Steinberg for a reading and discussion group exploring the tensions between the personal and the performed, nonfictional and fictionalized beings, and complex self-conceptions and static identities in List Projects: Ann Hirsch.
3	Media Effects: Representation and Why It Matters
4	Race, Class, and Gender in Media Content In-class Video Jhally, Sut. Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women. Watch an excerpt on YouTube.
5	Advertising and Consumerism
6	Postfeminism and the “Problem” of the Woman Political Candidate	Response paper due
7	Elections and Participatory (Citizen) Media, Blogging, and “Spreadability” In-class Video Olson, Chuck. Blogumentary. April 25, 2011. Youtube.	Response paper due
8	Elections and Participatory (Citizen) Media, Blogging, and “Spreadability” In-class Video Olson, Chuck. Blogumentary. April 25, 2011. Youtube.	Respond to FemTechNet student keyword videos in Cara Wallis’ course “Collaborations in Feminism and Technnology” at Texas A&M.
9	Remix: Fandom, Memes, and Social Media In-class Video Lessig, Lawrence. “Laws That Choke Creativity.” TED, 2007.
10	Race, Gender, Ethnicity in Music In-class Video Jhally, Sut. “Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video.” 2007. The Media Education Foundation. Watch a clip on YouTube.	Keyword videos due-online posting
11	Music / Performance: Divas, Icons, Gender, and Sexuality
12	Social Media, Feminism, and Youth Culture	Introduction of Selfies / Final Project topic ideas
12	Hacktivism, Anonymity, and Feminist Online Resistant
13	Selfies & Surveillance
14	Final Project Presentations