History of Television 525:112:02
Thursday, 1:30-4:20, Robeson 203
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://bit.ly/ifYYr7
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January 20 |
Introduction |
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January 27 |
Where Does Television Come From?-I
Listen to one hour of radio here How do radio shows differ from
television shows? How are they similar? |
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February 3 |
Where Does Television Come
From?-II READINGS : TOP, 3/ VIDEO: Philo
Farnsworth For a review of a new book about
Philo Farnsworth, click here |
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February 10 |
Berle, Lucy, and Molly (who?) and the Expansion of Television
For next week: (Watch the Robert
Redford film Quiz Show (1994) prior to March 3 class.) |
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February 17 |
The Murrow Moment VIDEO: See It Now (the text of the speech is here) |
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February 24 |
Ethics of the Medium
Charles Van Doren, "All
the Answers"
A response by Stanley Fish: "None
of the Answers"
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March 3 |
MIDTERM |
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March 10 |
TV and Politics Check out: The Living Room Candidate (Spring vacation: March 17) |
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March 24 |
Guest Lecture: Television and Art: Professor Elizabeth Demaray READINGS: Abandoned in
the Wasteland will be discussed on the 31st. Pay particular
attention to Appendix 2. (“The Wasteland Speeches”) next week’s class. |
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March 31 |
The Minow
Experiment and the FCC |
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April 7 |
The Relevant 1970s |
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April 14 |
The New Television Media For a story on the first satellite
and how it changed television, click here and listen. |
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April 21 |
Into the Future – The
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the New Media Enterprises Read "Who Owns What?" and
prepare class report. |
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April 28 |
New Vistas in the 21st
Century |
Final Exam,
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.