Gender and Media in Africa: An Idea for a Curriculum
The course, Gender and Media in Africa takes an analytical and critical approach to the study of the media’s role in social constructions of gender with emphasis on the African experience. The first part of the course covers issues of the political-economy of the media and its relationship to gender representations in media texts. The second part is devoted to analyses, interpretations and evaluations of media content. It also looks at ways of challenging the images and messages regarding women and men that audiences receive on a daily basis from the media- this section concludes by looking at contemporary African gender and media activism and research.
