| Course ID: | EMST 3150. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Entertainment Media Industries |
Course
Description: | Introduces students to the history and structures of the
entertainment media industries. |
| Oasis Title: | Entertainment Media Industries |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMST 4460, EMST 6460 |
| Prerequisite: | (EMST 3010 or EMST 3010H) and permission of department |
| Corequisite: | EMST 3110 or EMST 3110H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course is designed to introduce students to the structure
of the entertainment media industries, as well as the key laws
and policies that regulate them. By the end of the semester
students will:
1)Have a working comprehension of how key policies and business
practices have changed and shaped the contemporary entertainment
media industries.
2)Understand the media industries’ key challenges, hierarchies,
debates, and culture.
3)Cultivate the habit of keeping up with industry news and
developments. |
| Topical Outline: | Film industry history
Television industry history
Conglomeratization and mergers
Entertainment media industry regulation
Financing, packaging, and representation
Development (film and television)
Production and post-production
Unions, guilds, and professional associations
Diversity in the media industries
Marketing and branded content
Acquisitions and distribution
Exhibition
Global Hollywood |