CINE 304 - Understanding Television

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This class focuses on television’s evolution as a cultural practice from a historical and theoretical perspective. Taking a humanistic approach, it examines the nature, institutions, technologies, aesthetics, and socio-political functions of commercial and public-service broadcast television. Further, it scrutinizes contemporary technological and cultural changes, such as the rise of digital and transnational television phenomena, questioning how television formats, programs and institutions are influencing and influenced by major shifts in global mediascapes.

Distribution Area: Humanities
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 102 or permission of instructor

Semester(s) typically offered: Fall and Spring

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