My name is Aileen. I was born and raised in New York City, in Manhattan. I am now a junior in Trinity and am a International Comperative Studies Major and Spanish Double major. I took this course to have a new an interesting course aside from the typical Latin American courses I take. Gender and Digital culture caught my attention when thinking about the way one can be genderless online or have different forms of media which seem to be gender specific. Say for example video games. I love to play video games as a pass time, but it seems that most video games are intended for a male audience. This kind of gender specific audience is not only evident in the visuals of the video games, but as well the actual "missions" or "challenges" presented in games. Say for example in Grand Theft Auto the male character, which is the automatic character for every person playing can actively hire a female hooker. The male dominance that exists in modern media is one that I would like to further explore in this course. Not only do I find it in extreme situations like Grand Theft Auto, but it can also be found in as simple as a Mac commercial where only males represent both mac's and pc's.
Throughout this course I expect to learn more about technology and media, and the digital world that perhaps I have turned a blind eye too. I look forward to a different, fun, rewarding course for the fall.
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