Course Description

Contemporary film, television, and digital-media entertainment content and industries in the U.S. Historical, economic, social, cultural, and legal contexts of their emergence and organization. Detailed exploration of current key industry players and key production roles and techniques. In-depth examination of current issues.

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Athena Title

Ent Film TV & Digital Media

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in EMST 3010H

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Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• By the end of this course, students will have learned critical language to interrogate contemporary entertainment media, especially issues of visual media texts and storytelling.
• By the end of this course, students will have learned about issues of textual form, economic contexts, historical antecedents, and cultural/ideological discourses for understanding contemporary entertainment media.
• By the end of this course, students will have a theoretical language drawn from the field of media studies and media literacy, which will inform subsequent coursework in the Entertainment and Media Studies Department.

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Topical Outline

• The industrial, economic, political, legal, and regulatory contexts of media
• Entertainment media production, practice, and work
• Historical elements of industry technology, content, and/or culture
• Audience practices and media consumption
• Socio-cultural contexts and influence of entertainment media

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Social Awareness & Responsibility

The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Hamilton, James (29550) MW 4:35-5:55

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Public CV

Select a file to download:   EMST3010_Hamilton_CV.pdf

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