SCME2001 Television Studies

2020

4.5

1 x 1.5-hour lecture weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly

SCRN2001 has been successfully completed

Students will examine the history of television as a cultural form, the ways that TV has been studied, and a range of possible future directions for television's development. The exploration of television will be framed by questions of commercialisation and public good, national and global imperatives, location, mobility and consumption, regulatory schemes, media convergence, aesthetics, programming and formats. Students will complete regularly scheduled reading and writing assignments, an oral presentation, and a research project. The topic is delivered as a seminar with screening material included within the seminar meeting because Television Studies relies on the use of many clips and shorter screenings.

This topic aims to:

• familiarise students with the social and cultural significance of television worldwide

• develop in students an understanding of the history of Television Studies

• develop in students a working vocabulary relevant to key issues in the field of Television Studies

• give students the opportunity to explore their relationship with television in an effort to theorise consumer practices

On completing this topic students will be able to:

• express, in oral and written forms, an understanding of the key concepts presented in the topic

• demonstrate critical reflection on the future of Television as a cultural institution in light of imminent technological change

• demonstrate critical reflection on the history of Television Studies

• set the parameters of a research project in Television Studies