Course Highlights
This course features exemplary video. The viewing list of representative programs distills a mini-history of prime time TV.
Course Description
The subtitle of this course for the spring 2003 term is "American Television: A Cultural History." The class takes a cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation, considering television as a system of storytelling and myth-making, and as a cultural practice, studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. The course focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. There is much required viewing as well as readings in media theory and cultural interpretation.
Special Features
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .rm.
*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.
