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Fall 2021
Apr 19, 2024 |
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| AMST 0104 - Television & American Culture |
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*Television and American Culture*
This course explores American life in the last seven decades through an analysis of our central medium: television. Spanning a history of television from its origins in radio to today’s digital convergence via YouTube and Netflix, we will consider television's role in both representing and constituting American society through a variety of approaches, including: the economics of the television industry, television's role within American democracy, the formal attributes of various television genres, television as a site of gender and racial identity formation, television's role in everyday life, the medium's technological transformations, and television as a site of global cultural exchange. 3 hrs. lect./disc. / 3 hrs. screen
0.000 OR 1.000 Credit hours 0.000 OR 1.000 Lecture hours 0.000 TO 2.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion, Lecture, Screening Interdisciplinary Division Program in American Studies Department Course Attributes: AMR, NOR, SOC Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: Undergraduate May not be enrolled as the following Classifications: 31-36+ Credits Special Student 26-30.99 Credits |
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