Syllabus: Queer New Media

Professor Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern University

Full syllabus here: https://ajchristian.org/syllabi/#/queer-new-media-syllabus/

“How do sexuality, race, gender, and class shape new media? This course explores the role of intersectional identity in technological transformations in media, focusing on the transition from analog to digital. Students will read historical case studies and theoretical essays on such topics as how social media affect how queer users interact and self-identify and how race influences cable TV distribution. The course is organized into three key areas of inquiry — culture, organization, and technology — with the goal of understanding the complex ways they interrelate. It is rooted in black feminism and queer of color critique but introduces a range of epistemologies. It focuses on visual media – art, television, film, games, and social media – at the sacrifice of music and performance/theater.”

Keywords: LGBTQ, analysis, gender, new media, transgender