Television Studies

Topics

• Examines how technological developments, industrial structures and practices, and cultural contexts determine the form and content of televisual texts.
• Acquire new informational content about the major phases of television history with emphasis on how changes in industrial practice influence form and style. Acquire conceptual vocabulary necessary for examining the mutual influence of media practices and cultural values. Develop the analytic skills necessary to produce historically-grounded readings of televisual texts that demonstrate critical insights into the relationship between cultural context, narrative, and aesthetics.

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes