ENGH 371: Television Studies

ENGH 371-001: Television Studies
(Spring 2019)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Thompson Hall 2021

Section Information for Spring 2019

ENGH 371-001 Television Studies: TV and Twitter TR 10:30-11:45am Thompson Hall 2021 Cynthia Fuchs cfuchs@gmu.edu | This course examines television today, its changing forms, venues, and appeals. We consider the ways TV addresses and creates audiences, how TV intersects with social media, and how it shapes ordinary and extraordinary experiences. What is peak TV? What is peak TV? How are TV -- fiction and nonfiction, series and special -- and social media together shaping political discourse? What are the relationships among art, journalism, and genre on TV? How do we watch TV with Twitter and Instagram? How might #MeToo and #TimesUp reshape TV (and other media, including social media), for creators and consumers? The course looks at how TV and social media work together to convey and counter apparent truths, shape identities and communities, organize celebrity and fandom, politics and commercial culture. We'll look at TV programming (reality TV, sports, news). TV shows might include Atlanta, Black Lightning, Black Mirror, Bojack Horseman, Dear White People, Flint Town, Fresh Off the Boat, Jessica Jones, Killing Eve, Legion, On My Block, Random Acts of Flyness, Seven Seconds, True Detective 3, Wild Wild Country. Fulfills Mason Core requirement for Arts. 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Learn to identify and analyze formal elements of television. Learn how to situate and evaluate television in their cultural and historical contexts, interpret specific texts, and understand the relationships among broadcasting and networks, citizenship, audiences, and the public sphere. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Arts
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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