Larissa Hugentobler

I am very passionate about teaching and therefore completed a further education program for teaching at the university level in 2020 (14 ECTS).

I enjoy sharing my passion for our field with young students who are at the beginning of their engagement with the broad field of communication and media research.

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In my lecture "Gender & the Internet," I provide BA students (often in their first semester) with an overview of gender-related topics in the digital age. This includes sessions about the effect of gender in different levels of influence on online media content, stereotypical self-portrayal on social media, gendered AI, and stereotype threat in a digital context. 

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In my seminar "Who Does What? Gender Differences in Online Content Creation,"

I allow students to dive deep into a topic of their own choosing. Throughout one semester, they learn and implement the method of the qualitative content analysis and, thus, carry out their own empirical research project under my supervision.

Paper titles in the past years have included: "Female athlete's Instagram advertisements: reproducing and challenging gender stereotypes," "How does the fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni represent her persona as an enterprising feminine subject on Instagram?" "Gender Hybridisation and Online Makeup on YouTube: the Case of Jeffree Star," "Gender on Grindr: An Analysis of Gender Expression among MSM in Switzerland," "How do Women Portray Intimate Partner Violence on Instagram?" and "Asian Americans on TikTok: An Analysis of the Comment Section."

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Classes Created and Taught at the University of Zürich

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Upcoming: Fall semester, 2024

Original BA lecture

"Gender & the Internet" (English)

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Fall semester, 2023

Original BA lecture

"Gender & the Internet" (English)

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Fall semester, 2022
Virtual teaching 
Original BA lecture

"Gender & the Internet" (English, 88 students)

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Fall semester, 2021
Virtual teaching 

Original BA lecture

"Gender & the Internet" (English, 99 students)

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Spring semester 2021

Virtual teaching 

Original BA seminar

“Gender Differences in Online Content Creation” (English, 18 students)

 

Fall semester 2020

Virtual teaching    

Original BA seminar “Gender Differences in  Online Content Creation”

(19 students, English)

and original lecture “Gender & the Internet” (English, 76 students)

 

Spring semester 2020

partly virtual teaching 

Original BA seminar

“Gender Differences in Online Content Creation” (English, 20 students)

 

Fall semester 2019 

Created and taught an original BA seminar

«Gender Differences in Online Content Creation” (German, 21 students)

 

Spring semester 2019

Original BA course

«Ethnic Minorities & the Internet» (German, 13 students)

 

Fall semester 2018

Created and taught an original BA lecture

"Gender and the Internet"

(English, 114 students)

 

Spring semester 2018

Created and taught an original BA course

"Ethnic Minorities & the Internet" (English, 29 students)

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