History of Television 512:388
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 8-9:20, Armitage 124
Professor Woll
awoll@camden.rutgers.edu or 225-6671
Office: Robeson
Library 298
Assigned books:
Barnouw, Tube of Plenty
Minow and LaMay, Abandoned in the
Wasteland, Children, Television and the First Amendment
All students will be required to create a blog on Television History. For instructions, go here: http://awoll.wordpress.com/
Sept 2-Sept 4 |
Introduction
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Sept 9-Sept 11 |
Where Does Television Come From?-I Listen to one hour of radio at: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/radiofr.html How do radio shows differ from television shows? How are they
similar? |
Sept 16-Sept 18 |
Where Does Television Come From?-II
For a review of a new book about Philo Farnsworth, click here
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Sept 23-Sept 26 |
Berle and the Expansion of Television For next week: (Watch the Robert Redford film Quiz Show (1994)
prior to October 7 class.) |
Sept 30-Oct 2 |
The Murrow Moment VIDEO: See It Now
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Oct 7-Oct 9 |
MIDTERM
– Oct 9
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Oct 14-Oct 16 |
(14) Ethics of the Medium Charles Van Doren, "All the Answers" A response by Stanley Fish: "None of the Answers"
(16) TV and Politics |
Oct 21-Oct 23 |
TV and Politics - II On the first nationally televised political convention, click here and
listen. |
Oct 28-Oct 30 |
The Minow Experiment and the FCC |
Nov 4-Nov 6 |
The Relevant 1970s For a story on the first satellite and how it changed television, click here
and listen.
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Nov 11-Nov 14 |
The New Television Media I – Cable, VCRs, Satellites & Read: Veni, Vidi, Video, Intro Chapters 1-3
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Nov 18-Nov 21 |
The New Television Media II -- Decline (?) of the Networks Read: Veni, Vidi, Video, Chapter 4-7 |
Nov 25-28 |
(28) Thanksgiving |
Dec 2-Dec 4 |
Into the Future – The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Read "Who Owns What?" |
Dec 9 |
New Vistas in the 21st Century |
Final Exam, Monday Dec. 22, 2-5 PM
Grades: Midterm Exam--1/3
Final Exam--1/3
Blog--1/3
Absence Penalty: For every three absences, 10 points will be deducted from your final grade total.