Course ID: | EMST 4310. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Television Histories |
Course Description: | History of entertainment content on television traced from roots
to the present through socio-cultural, aesthetic, and economic
influences. |
Oasis Title: | Television Histories |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMST 5440 |
Prerequisite: | EMST 3320 and permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course is designed to introduce students to the history of
television programming, which may include programs and trends,
industry practices, and television’s significance in U.S. society.
Students will watch television, read histories of television,
and write critical analyses of television that connect
programming to economic and aesthetic influences and socio-
cultural implications of the medium. |
Topical Outline: | Television’s roots and antecedents
Broadcast television history
Cable history
Programming trends
Television formats
Television style
Streaming television
Socio-cultural implications of content |