Television Studies - Technologies, Theories, and Methods

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This advanced seminar functions as an intro to TV Studies thru an analysis of the key developments, formats, genres, &infrastructures of the televisual medium. As a medium w/ continually shifting meanings∈ relation to an ever-changing landscape of technologies, examining TV in a global context offers a chance to think thru the cultural, political, aesthetic, &technological structures which function on the level of region&intersect w/ transnational &global media trends. Drawing from infrastructural studies, globalization studies, cultural studies,&media industry approaches, this class will provide a critical examination of the history &structures of TV, as well as the discipline of TV Studies thru an interdisciplinary&intersectional lens