ENGH 371: Global TV

ENGH 371-001: Television Studies
(Spring 2016)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Section Information for Spring 2016

This course looks at TV in multiple forms, as a cultural institution and commercial industry, as a means to tell stories and create art in shifting formats. We examine specific instances of genre, style, and medium, including webcasts, news, sports TV ("Football on your phone"), as well as series, reality TV, and soaps.

 

At the same time, the course considers how content shapes narrative structures and practices, for instance, the effects of social media on TV watching as a collective and individual experience. Programs may include American Crime, The Americans, Broad City, Daredevil, Empire, Fresh Off the Boat, Gotham, ESPN SportsCenter, Jessica Jones, The Leftovers, Mr. Robot, Scandal, This Week with John Oliver, Vice News, and The Walking Dead. Fulfills Core Requirement for Arts.

 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Learn to identify and analyze formal elements of television. Learn how to situate and evaluate television in their cultural and historical contexts, interpret specific texts, and understand the relationships among broadcasting and networks, citizenship, audiences, and the public sphere. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Arts
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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