Recall that in our last class we dwelt extensively on how technology has influenced various facets of the society. We had intelligent presentations from various students on technology and religion, entertainment, the economy, and culture. We saw that the influence of information technology on various facets of life has mainly been to the effect of making information about them more accessible. You were […]
Culture Shock, Gender and Communication Culture shock is a lack of psychological and physical agreement experienced by someone when they move to a new cultural environment. It is a feeling of personal disorientation, initial crisis of understanding and adaption, someone experiences when suddenly confronted with an unfamiliar way of life, value system, attitudes and behavior. […]
We continue our discussions on gender, the media and society. This is a brief discourse on the dynamic nature of gender in today’s society. Just read the piece below and attempt an understanding of the scenario in both western world and developing societies regarding the postulation that gender is a dynamic feature. Gender […]
Recall that we discussed gender landscape and media landscape in class, explaining the relationship between the two. I once mentioned that the gender landscape in the developing world features primarily the binaries while the picture in developing society features non-binary landscape. This affects media content which reflects the society. I recall mentioning that the topic […]
In our last offline meeting we discussed Gender, Communication, and Culture. We saw that the African society has a more conservative perception of gender than the western society. While the African societies see gender strictly from the binary point of view, western societies have a more liberal, non-binary perception of gender which accommodates the genderqueer, […]
I have seen the submissions of some candidates in the Gender Competence and Breast Ironing article we’re working on. I even extended the deadline to this morning still some people did not submit. Those whose submissions were approved are Anthony Chukwuemeka Ngozi These three candidates should proceed with the main work which I expect on […]
We are all working on two topics – a general and a specific topic. The general topic is a quick essay on gender competence and eradication of breast ironing in sub-Saharan Africa. What you are basically required to do here is to write an analytical piece with not less than 20 references on the topic […]
Welcome to our series of outdoor quizzes. Recall that we discussed how to commence field work on gender and communication studies. This write-up is supposed to simply place each candidate in the category of gendered communication studies he or she is supposed to work on But I figured that making my seminar topics public wouldn’t […]
I welcome you to the second semester but I doubt whether it is going to be less hectic than the first. I thought I should add that immediately to put our correspondence from now on a better perspective. The course is entitled “Communication and Gender Studies.” I must confess that it is an exciting course […]
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria COURSE COMPACT 2017/2018 Academic Session Faculty: Social Sciences Department: Mass Communication Course Code: MAC 916 Unit(s): 2 Semester: Second Course Title: Communication And Gender Studies Lecturer: Dr. Chinenye Nwabueze Programme: Ph.D (A). BRIEF OVERVIEW OF COURSE Communication and Gender studies primarily […]
Recall that we discussed how to write annotated bibliography in class. Well, that was an interesting encounter that provided brief insight on a fresh angle to the course: Technological Advances in Communication. We used a sample presentation by Cornell University Library entitled “How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography: The Annotated Bibliography” as a guide (http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography). […]