Syllabus
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Course Code: WS(C) 18 Course Name: Women and Media |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Media Concepts, Characteristics, Media Strategies for Women’s Development, Women's Relationship with the Media (Electronic and Print Media), Portrayal of Women in the Mass Media, Advertising and Images of Women, Commodification of Women, Participation of Women in Mass Media, Social Media and Women |
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| 2 | Alternative Media: Folk Art, Street Play, Theatre, Parallel Cinema, Critique of Select Feminist Directors and Producers, Analysis of Gender in Magazines and Newspapers, The Female Narrative in Popular Literature: Select Novels (The Binding Vine, Difficult Daughters, Beauty Myths) |
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| 3 | Definition, Nature and Process of Communication, Development of Communication Skills and Gender Issues, Appropriation/Mis-appropriation of Women’s Reality by the Media, Feminist Film Criticism, Thematic and Semiotic Analysis, Laura Mulvey and Male Gaze Theory, The Indecent Representations of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 |
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| 4 | Exploring the Gendered Space in Media: Analysis of Case Studies of TV Serials, Films, Songs, Documentaries, Language as a Patriarchal Construct: Search by Women in Media for New Forms and New Languages, Role of Women in Media as Change Agents |
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