FTVMS 211
Watching Television
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for FTVMS 211.
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 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
FTVMS 211: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110
Restrictions
FTVMS 309