Professor Allen Woll (Ex. 6670/6671 or awoll@camden.rutgers.edu)
Assigned Books: Erik Barnouw, Tube of Plenty (TOP)
Frederick Wasser, Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the
VCR
Minow and Lamay, Abandoned in the Wasteland
In order to understand the current FCC debate (and the history of broadcasting regulation), listen to the stories on this page:
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/fcc/index.html
(Pay particular attention to: Deregulating the Broadcast Industry
-- Parts I, II, III)
WEEK I
6/23 Introduction
VIDEO: Empire of the Air
I
6/24 Where Does Television Come From?-I
READINGS: TOP, 1-2/ VIDEO:
Empire of the Air II
Listen to one hour of radio at:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Radio/day/radio.html
How do radio shows differ from television shows? How are they
similar?
6/25 Where Does Television Come From?-II
READINGS: TOP, 3/ VIDEO: Philo
Farnsworth
For a review of a new book about Philo Farnsworth, click here
For E. B. White on the "new" television technology in 1936, click here
6/26 Berle and the Expansion of Television
Video: Texaco Star Theater
For next week: (Watch the Robert Redford film Quiz Show (1994)
prior to Tuesday’s class.)
WEEK 2
6/30 The Murrow Moment
READINGS: TOP, 4 (Up to
“Dynamic Duo”)
VIDEO: See It Now
7/1 Ethics of the Medium
VIDEO: $64,000 Question
7/2 Midterm Exam
7/3 NO CLASS
WEEK 3
7/7 TV and Politics
VIDEO:
The Checkers Speech
READINGS,
TOP, 4 & 5
7/8 TV and Politics - II
On the first nationally televised political convention, click here and listen.
7/9 The Minow Experiment and the FCC
READINGS:
Abandoned in the Wasteland will be discussed today. Pay particular
attention to Appendix 2. (“The Wasteland Speeches”) for today’s class.
7/10 The Relevant 1970s
VIDEO:
All in the Family
READINGS:
TOP, 6
For a story on the first satellite and how it changed television, click
here
and listen.
WEEK 4
The following web pages should prove helpful this week:
For information on "Who Owns What?" from the Columbia Journalism Review:
http://www.cjr.org/owners/index.asp
For information on Comcast, click here.
For a discussion of Comcast and the importance of cable to the wired world, click here
For information about the recent FCC changes, go here:
7/14 The New Television Media I – Cable, VCRs, Satellites
&
Computers
Read: Veni, Vidi, Video, Intro-Chapter 3
7/15 The New Television Media II -- Decline (?) of the Networks
Read: Veni, Vidi, Video, Chapter 4-7
7/16 Into the Future – The Telecommunications Act of 1996
and the
New Media Enterprises
Read Web Pages above-- "Who Owns What?" , Comcast articles, and New York Times FCC articles.
7/17 Final Exam
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Grades: Midterm (7/2) 100 points
Final (7/17) 100 points
***Attendance will be taken at 8:00. Those arriving late three
times or more will receive a 5% penalty. Those absent three times
or more will receive a 10% penalty.