Read: Mean Girls? The Influence of Gender Portrayals in Teen Movies on Emerging Adults' Gender-Based Attitudes and Beliefs (Behm-Morawitz & Mastro)
Read: Gendered Perspectives on the Digital Divide (Kevasny et al)
Watch: Choose one film from the list in the Module
Assignments:
Lesson 4 Quiz
Lesson 4 Packback Discussion
Lesson 5: Representations of Sexuality
Readings:
Read: Reading the Romance of Fan Cultural Production: Music Videos of a Television Lesbian Couple (Ng)
Read: Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights (Garretson)
Watch: Choose one film from the list in the Module
Assignments:
Lesson 5 Quiz
MLE#2 Discussion
Lesson 6: Representations of Disabilities
Readings:
Read: Supercrips versus the pitiful handicapped: Reception of disabling images by disabled audience members (Kama) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Read: Consuming Image: How Mass Media Impact the Identity of People with Disabilities (Zhang and Haller)
Watch: Spectrum - A Story of the Mind: The Rich Sensory Experience of Autism (23 minutes)
Watch: Artistic Horizon: Exploring the Arts (30 minutes)
Watch: Art in the Eye of a Needle (2 minutes)
Watch: Whole: A Trinity of Being (6 minutes)
Assignments:
Lesson 6 Quiz
Lesson 6 Packback Discussion
Lesson 7: Representations of Caucasians/Whiteness
Readings:
Read: The Color-Blind Double Bind: Whiteness and the (Im)Possibility of Dialogue (Simpson)
Watch: White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege in America (Wise)
Watch: Choose one additional film from the list in the Module
Assignments:
Lesson 7 Quiz
Lesson 7 Packback Discussion
Lesson 8: Representations of American Indians/First Nations/Indigenous People
Readings:
Read: American Indian News Frames in America's First Newspaper (Sanchez) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Read: Gambling with Identity: Self Representation of American Indians on Official Tribal Websites (Cuillier)
Watch: Reel Injun (Diamond)
Assignments:
Lesson 8 Quiz
MLE #3 Discussion
Lesson 9: Representations of African Americans/Black People
Readings:
Read: User-generated racism An analysis of stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in YouTube videos (Guo and Harlow)
Read: #BlackTwitter and the Revolutionary Power of Horizontal Networks (Douglas)
Read: Simone Biles and Simone Manuel Wins Impact on Race (Bastien)
Watch: Souls of Black Girls: The Image of Women of Color in the Media (Valerius)
Watch: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (Bell & Lennon)
Assignments:
Lesson 9 Quiz
Lesson 9 Packback Discussion
Lesson 10: Representations of Latinx/Hispanics/Hispanic Americans
Readings:
Read: Social Identity Theory as a Framework for Understanding the Effects of Exposure to Positive Media Images of Self and Other on Intergroup Outcomes (McKinley et al)
Read: Alba the Undocumented: Immigration Law and Citizenship Excess in Jane the Virgin (Galarza)
Read: Performing Representational Labor: Blackness Indigeneity and Legibility in Global Latinx Media Cultures (Baez)
Watch: Latinos Beyond Reel (Picker & Sun)
Assignments:
Lesson 10 Quiz
Lesson 10 Packback Discussion
Lesson 11: Representations of East Asians/Asian Americans
Readings:
Read: Crazy Rich Asians: Exploring Discourses of Orientalism, Neoliberal Feminism, Privilege and Inequality (Vijay)
Watch: On Orientalism
Watch: The Slanted Screen
Assignments:
Lesson 11 Quiz
MLE#4 Discussion
Lesson 12: Representations of Middle Eastern/Northern African/Arab-Americans
Readings:
Read: Freedom to Think (Sen) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Watch: Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (Shaheen)
Assignments:
Lesson 12 Quiz
Lesson 12 Packback Discussion
Lesson 13: Representations of Intersectionality
Readings:
Re-read: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture (Kellner) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Watch: Cultural Criticism and Transformation, Pt. 1, On Cultural Criticism (Hooks)
Assignments:
Lesson 13 Quiz
Lesson 13 Packback Discussion
Lesson 14: Representations in Film/TV/Music/Advertising
Readings:
Read: Television: The New State Religion (Gerbner)
Read: Television and Social Controls: some observations on the portrayals of ethnic minorities (Clark) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Read: New Politics of Consumption (Schor) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Watch: Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video (Jhally et al)
Watch: No Logo (Jhally et al)
Assignments:
Lesson 14 Quiz
MLE#5 Discussion
Lesson 15: Issues within the Internet and Video Games
Readings:
Read: The Effects of Technological Advancement and Violent Content in Video Games (Ivory and Kalyanaraman)
Read: Violence, Sexuality, and Gender Stereotyping A Content Analysis of Official Video Game Web Sites (Robinson et al)
Read: Revolution in the Digital Revolution (McChesney) (Available via the Library Resources link in the Course Navigation Menu)
Watch: Joystick Warriors: Video Games, Violence & the Culture of Militarism (Jhally et al)
