FTVMS 309

Watching Television


Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for FTVMS 309.

Description

What do we study when we study television? For many of us, television is an unremarkable aspect of our everyday lives. This course, however, demonstrates the centrality and significance of television to contemporary culture. An introduction to the theoretical and methodological traditions of television studies, it explores the historical development and distinctive aesthetic style of television; examines television’s role in the production of individual, national and global identities; interrogates television’s negotiation of social meanings in the context of everyday life practice. These three broad themes will be developed through a series of particular studies including the domestic context of television; audience reception and negotiation; the talk show and the cartoon; fandom and celebrity; television and the regulation of childhood; television and commodity culture and tabloid television.

Availability 2016

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Professor Katherine Sender

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

FTVMS 309: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points from FTVMS 201-214, 216-239, MĀORI 271

Restrictions

FTVMS 211