TOPICS: QUEER MEDIA STUDIES in Summer 2025 (CM2091-3WK2)

This course examines how LGBTQ+ sexualities are represented in various media texts (e.g. movies, television), used to court users and audiences on different media platforms (e.g. mobile apps, social media networks), and consumed by those users and audiences across disparate sites of reception (e.g. the U.S., internationally, etc.). Over the course of the term, students examine the political, economic, and social factors that inform the conflicted, contradictory relationships between media, sex, and sexuality. Activities include readings, screenings, discussions, and written work as well as in-class assignments that require presentations, small group simulations, and other varieties of creative work.