Course schedule

Introduction

No required reading.

Media and Constructions of Identity

Hall, S. Introduction: Who Needs „Identity“? In: Hall, S. a du Gay, P. (eds.): Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage, 1997.
Kellner, D. Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism and Media Culture. In: Dines, Humez (eds.): Gender, Race and Class in Media. London: Sage, 1995.

Feminist Criticism of Media

Geraghty, Ch. Feminism and Media Consumption. In: Curran, Morley, Walkerdine (eds.): Cultural Studies and Communication. London: Arnold, 1996.
Zoonen, L. Feminist Media Studies. London, Sage, 1997.

Media Contents

McRobbie, A. Feminism, Postmodernism and the “Real Me”. In: Durham, Kellner (eds.): Media and Cultural Studies. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, 2006.
Hall, S. Encoding/Decoding. In: Durham, Kellner (eds.): Media and Cultural Studies. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, 2006.

Construction of Gender in Media: Advertisement

Goffman, E. Gender Advertisements. New York: Harpers & Row Publishers, 1976, pp. 1–24
Skeggs, B., Wood, H. Turning it on is a class act: immediated object relations with television. Media, Culture & Society, 33(6), 941–951. Sage, 2011.

Construction of Gender in Media: So-called Feminine Genres and Feminist Film Theories

Snitow, A. B. Mass Market Romance. Pornography for Women is Different.
Brunsdon, Ch. The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003.

Construction of Gender in Media: Fairy Tales and Romantic Comedy

Lowery, M. M. The Traditional Romance Formula. In: Dines, Humez (eds.): Gender, Race and Class in Media. London: Sage, 1995.
Modleski, Loving with a Vengeance. Mass-produced fantasies for women. New York, London: Routledge, 2008, pp. 77–101.

Gender and Audiences

Morley, D. Television and Gender. In: Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure. London: Comedia, 1986, pp. 147–172.
Brunt, R. Engaging with the Popular: Audiences for Mass Culture and What to Say about Them. In: Durham, Kellner (eds.): Media and Cultural Studies. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, 2006.

Media Organizations and Feminist Political Economy of Media

Vochocová, L. Witty divas, nice mothers and tough girls in a sexist world: experiences and strategies of female influencers in online political debates. In: Media, Culture & Society, 1–16, 2017, Sage.
Meehan, E. R. Gendering the Commodity Audience: Critical Media Research, Feminism, and Political Economy. In: Durham, Kellner (eds.): Media and Cultural Studies. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001, 2006.

Gender and Consumptions of Media Contents: Groupies, Fandom and Cult

Jancovich, M. Cult Fictions: Cult Movies, Subcultural Capital and The Production of Cultural Distinctions. In: Cultural Studies 16(2), 2002, 306–322.
Jenkins, H. Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture. In: Booth, P. (ed.): A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 2018.

Gender and Consumptions of Media Contents: Sci-fi, Fantasy and Computer Games as the Last Bastions of Misogyny

Condis, M. Sexy Sidekicks, Filthy Casuals, and Fake Geek Girls: Meme-ifying Gender in the Gaming Community. In: Gaming Masculinity. Trolls, Fake Geeks & the Gendered Battle for Online Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2018.

New Media; Fan Fiction and Gender

Jamison, A. I am Woman, Read my Fic. Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World