IM171 Sex, The body and Cyborgs

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Paul Nixon (lecturer), Paul Nixon (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Syllabus
  • The course is designed to explore how technology is affecting our sexual behavior and how that might change over time.
  • Content: Lectures and reading
  • Pre-recorded lectures (including reading lists)
  • • Cyborgs and Post humanism
  • • Sex and Dating in the Digital Age
  • Live Lectures
  • • Sex in the Movies
  • • Sex in Advertising
  • • Sex toys and Robot Sex
Literature
  • • Phua, V.C. and Caras, A. (2008). Personal brand in online advertisements: Comparing white and Brazilian male sex workers. Sociological Focus 41(3), pp 238–255.
  • • Lanseng, E. J. (2016). Relevant Sex Appeals in Advertising: Gender and Commitment Context Differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1456. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01456
  • • Marcotte A.S., & Garcia J.R. (2018) Negotiations of Identity, Pleasure and Health in Women’s Online Sex Work Advertisements in Nixon, P. G., & Düsterhöft, I. K. (Eds.). (2018). Sex in the Digital Age. Routledge.
  • • Boutsikaki, K., & Balabanis, G. (2017). A New Typology on Sex Appeal Advertisements. In The Customer is NOT Always Right? Marketing Orientations in a Dynamic Business World (pp. 219-223). Springer, Cham.
  • • Black, I. R., & Morton, P. (2017). Appealing to men and women using sexual appeals in advertising: In the battle of the sexes, is a truce possible?. Journal of Marketing Communications, 23(4), pp 331-350.
  • • Ketelaar, P. E., Anschutz, D., & van Hemmen, S. (2014). Sex in Advertising: Do Women Care Anymore?. EDITORIAL 1 Erdener Kaynak ARTICLES Business-Related Ethical Attitudes of Future Business Executives and Leaders in the European Union, 23, pp17-35.
Teaching methods
Lectures and reading.
Assessment methods
Students will write a-2000 word essay (excluding executive summary and references). The topic needs to be related to one of the lectures of the course (a movie, advertisement, pornography, robot sex, cybersex etc …) AND the topic needs to be approved by your teacher (see appendix 3). Students need to research their topic (using at least 10 Academic sources) and explain in their essay how and why their topic has impacted society. After a suitable period they will receive feedback on their essays (depending on the numbers of students this could be by Skype, in writing or face to face feedback in a subsequent visit.)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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