Description
This course will focus on theoretical and practical issues regarding relationships between communication processes in contemporary U.S. organizations and socially constructed aspects of identity: gender, race, sexual identity, social class, ability, and age. Course materials and activities will address theoretical perspectives, socio-historical developments, research, and practical issues. Students will focus on how systems of power and privilege shape perceptions of salient social identity groups, and how individuals and groups resist and transform those systems. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify and understand the communication issues relevant to the ways we learn about social identity from sources including family, media, and organizations.