WST 132 Gender and Political Communication from a Global Perspective
This course explores the role of gender in political communication, and the role of political communication in reinforcing or challenging prevailing stereotypes and attitudes about gender issues. Political communication pertains to all the many communicative interactions among political actors, the media, and citizens. The course will focus on the roots of Western attitudes about gender, on how gender attitudes shape how voters vote and thus how candidates run, and how gender influences policy debates globally.
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WST