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Understanding Television, Spring 2003
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- Abstract:
A cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation. Considers television as a system of storytelling and mythmaking, and as a cultural practice studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. Focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. Considerable television viewing and readings in media theory and cultural interpretation are required. Topic for Spring: American Television: A Cultural History. Meets with CMS.915, but assignments differ.
- Subject:
- Humanities, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare