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Coca-Cola Television Advertisements
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Abstract: presents TV commercials, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage that together reflect the historical development of TV advertising for a major product. Ads include the 1971 Hilltop commercial with an international group of young people on an Italian hilltop singing I'd Like to Buy the World ... More »
Estimation and Your TV Diet
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Abstract: Students develop their estimation skills while evaluating their television-watching habits and draw conclusions about the influence of television in their lives.
German Culture, Media, and Society, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Studies major texts and artistic expressions by analyzing them within the larger context of German cultural history. Investigates the German enlightenment, the culture of German liberalism and its increasingly nationalistic turn in Wilhelmine Germany; explores cultural manifestations of German modernism ... More »
German Culture, Media, and Society, Fall 2006
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Abstract: The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German literary, theater, film, television, radio, and other media arts productions. Students analyze media texts in the context of their production, reception, and distribution as well as the ... More »
High-Intermediate Academic Communication, Spring 2004
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Abstract: The goal of this course is to review grammar and develop vocabulary building strategies to refine oral and written expression. Speaking and writing assignments are designed to expand communicative competence. Assignments are based on models and materials drawn from contemporary media (newspapers and ... More »
Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice, Spring 2006
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Abstract: Techniques of creating narratives that take advantage of the flexibility of form offered by the computer. Study of the structural properties of book-based narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time and of storyline. Analysis of the structure and evaluation ... More »
Introduction to Media Studies, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Offers an overview of the social, cultural, political, and economic impact of mediated communication on modern culture. Combines critical discussions with hands-on "experiments" working with different media. Media covered include radio, television, film, the printed word, and digital technologies. Topics ... More »
Media in Cultural Context, Spring 2007
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Abstract: Seminar designed to provide close case study examinations of specific media or media configurations and the larger social, cultural, economic, political, or technological contexts within which they operate. Subject organized around recurring themes in media history, specific genres or movements, specific ... More »
More TV Stories
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Abstract: A woman, probably Segalove, narrates brief dramatizations of six anecdotal stories, each of which relates in some way to watching television. The dramatizations are humorous and mainly autobiographical, featuring performers wearing everyday clothing in everyday environments. Produced and directed by ... More »
Nam June Paik's '9/23'
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Abstract: "9/23." is named after the day it was videotaped, 9/23/69. It showcases the effects of the Paik-Abe video synthesizer and manipulates "live" footage taped off a television monitor, pre-recorded footage, and images staged in the studio. These include images of well-known figures, the faces of Fred Barzyk ... More »
Popular Narrative: Masterminds, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Examines the relationship between popular and high culture and the problem of evaluating texts that tell stories. Treats a range of narrative and dramatic works as well as films. May be repeated for credit, with permission of instructor. Topic for Fall: Masterminds. Topic for Spring: Popular Culture ... More »
Seminar on Deep Engagement, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Innovation in expression -- as realized in media, tangible objects, and performance, and more -- generates new questions and new potentials for human engagement. When and how does expression engage us deeply? While "deep engagement" seems fundamental to the human psyche, it is hard to define, difficult ... More »
September in Boston
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Abstract: An Evening Compass special broadcast three days before the opening of Boston schools for Phase I desegregation. In-studio operators take phone calls from parents with questions about bus routes and school opening times. Kevin White addresses city residents on busing and school safety. Pam Bullard reports ... More »
Special Topics in Cinematic Storytelling, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Seminar explores approaches to representation for very distributed cinematic storytelling. The relationship between story creation and story appreciation is analyzed. Readings are drawn from literary, cinematic criticism, as well as from artist's descriptions of interactive, distributed works. Students ... More »
Ten O'Clock News Election Night Special
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Abstract: Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris host The Ten O'Clock News Election Night Special with in-studio guests Dennis Kearney (Suffolk County Sheriff), Dr. Alvin Poussaint (Harvard Medical School), Kirk Scharfenberg (The Boston Globe) and Michael Rezendes (The Boston Phoenix). Lydon, Harris and the guests ... More »