Children's Film & TV Cultures

(5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this module, we examine how television has constructed childhood and how children have, in their turn, shaped television. We use theoretical and methodological maps to investigate the past and present of children's television, including things like: cultural studies, media ethnography, genre studies, gender studies, and production studies. We look at a range of topics that include: Saturday Morning Television, children's variety shows, animation, children's broadcasting, children's satellite channels, censorship, consumerism, pressure groups, and gender.