Consumption, Reproduction, and Reimagining Masculinity: An Examination of College Students' Media Journals

• In Event: Revisiting and Reimagining Identity Development in College Across Diverse Contexts

Abstract

College classrooms have the potential to encourage critical consciousness development by implementing critical reflection about systems of oppression. This case study examines media journals from 20 college students who took a course on masculinity and education. Preliminary findings illustrate student’s critical reflection on their consumption, reproduction, and ways of challenging hegemonic masculinity.

Author

• Bryant G. Valencia, University of Arizona