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Presentation
Presentation
This unit intends to give students the needed tools to understand issues around communication and gender. It will also frame how and why these debates are fundamental in democracy.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 4
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Optional | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT449-23434
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
What is gender? (In)Definitions Gender and sexuality - performance and performance Gender as part of something greater: intersectionality Masculinities and the manosphere Women and tradwives Journalism and gender - representation and journalistic field Intimacy, violence and gender The 'ghost' of the genre and populisms, the 'empowerment' and the depoliticization of social struggles in the digital age Cinema, science fiction and gender - radical alternatives and real displays Digital dating and the coopting of the genre
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Objectives
Objectives
To be able to critically articulate a scientifically sound discourse on gender. To know the main works around gender theory. To be able to critically engage with media sources from a gender perspective. To be able to understand the role of gender in constructing our relationship to media. To be able to analyze a media corpus with a gender perspective. To be able to consider and implement gender equality initiatives in media settings.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Use of multimedia materials and discussions about media content in the classroom
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References
References
Barker, M.-J., Gill, R., & Harvey, L. (2018). Mediated intimacy: sex advice in media culture . Medford, MA, USA: Polity Press. Butler, J. (2024). Who's afraid of gender? Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Butler, J. (1999). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity . New York: Routledge. Byerly, C. M. (2011). Global report on the status of women in the news media . Washington, DC:International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). Gill, R. (2007). Gender and the media . Malden, MA, USA: Polity. Kearney, M. C. (Ed.). (2012). The gender and media reader . London: Routledge. Pereira, M. do M. (2012). Fazendo género no recreio: a negociação do género em espaço escolar .Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. Silveirinha, M. J. (2004). As mulheres e os media . Lisboa: Livros Horizonte
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Assessment
Assessment
A metodologia de avaliação é constituída por cinco elementos principais, sendo que todos eles são obrigatórios:
a) Prova escrita, presencial e individual, com possibilidade de consulta de material académico impresso (30% da ponderação);
b) Trabalho de grupo escrito, apresentação e defesa do mesmo (35% da ponderação, nota única para o grupo);
c) Ficha de leitura, e análise, de uma novela gráfica (15% da ponderação, grupo);
d) Análise e reflexão presencial, individual, a partir de um objeto mediático (10% da ponderação, grupo);
e) Ensaio autorreflexivo sobre o impacto pessoal da experiência com a Unidade Curricular, nas suas várias vertentes (10% da ponderação).
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Mobility
Mobility
No
