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Schedule
Revised January 25, 2009
The semester is divided into four phases: However, there will be much overlap and back-and-forth. We won't wait until the end to start doing research. We'll get started before we fully understand what we're doing!

Jan 26 Introduction

Trends: What has happened to gender inequalities in the last half century?

date topic reading
Jan 28 employment Cotter et al., pp. 1-9
Feb 2 earnings etc. Cotter et al., pp. 10-30
Feb 4 gender attitudes "End of Gender Revolution"

Content Analysis Methods: How do we do it?

Feb 9 counts: an example "Tactical Innovation"
Feb 11 LexisNexis Exercise 1
Feb 16 Exercise 1 tabulations
Feb 18 Exercise 2: better counts
Feb 23 Coding content "Children's essays"

Mommy Wars: What happened in popular culture during the 1980s?

Feb 25 Media analysis Douglas: Intro & Chapter 1
Mar 2 Media analysis 2 Douglas: Chapters 2-4
Mar 4 Exercise 3: Celebrity Moms "Blacks in Children's Picture Books"
Mar 9 Media Analysis 3 Douglas: Chapters 5-7
Mar 11 Media Analysis 4 Douglas: Chapters 8-10 & Epilogue

Spring Break

Coding and Research

Mar 23 Reliability & Validity Weber
Mar 25 Exercise 4
Mar 30 + Research Project

 
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Last updated February 10, 2009
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