TF10420 - STUDYING TELEVISION

Module Identifier

TF10420

Module Title

STUDYING TELEVISION

Academic Year

2005/2006

Co-ordinator

Dr Glen Creeber

Semester

Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)

Other staff

Dr Daniel G J Chandler, Dr Jamie Sexton, Dr Jamie Medhurst, Professor Martin J Barker, Professor Thomas P O'Malley

Course delivery

Other

20 x 3 hours lecture / workshops

Seminars / Tutorials

1 x 1 hour seminar per fortnight

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2 Hours For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml	60%
Semester Assessment	Essay x 2,500 words	40%

Learning outcomes

Typically, upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of television in terms of various critical methodologies including different forms of textual analysis.
demonstrate a knowledge of the development of television within social, political, economic, cultural and technological histories.

Content

The module is in two parts: the first half explores a selection of different methodological approaches to TV- these include semiotics, ideology, audience research, shot by shot analysis and so on. The second part of the module tends to contextualise television a little more, looking at areas of history, the state, globalisation, postmodernism and so on. The module will also allow for the development of effective essay-writing and examination skills in the subject area.

Aims

The aim of the module is to present a broad base knowledge of television by means of an analysis of a range of issues from the academic study of television, the history of television, current structures and policy, the `grammar¿ of television, television as text, television genres, the relationship between television and audiences and an introduction to the application of social theory to the study of television.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Crisell, Andrew (2002) An Introductory History of British Broadcasting Routledge
Abercrombie, Nicholas ((1996)) Television and Society Cornwall: Polity Press
Bignell, Jonathan ((2004)) An Introduction to Television Studies, London & New York: Routledge.
Casey, Bernadette, Casey, Neil, Calvert, Ben, French, Liam and Lewis, Justin , ((2002),) Television Studies: The Key Concepts London & New York: Routledge.
Allen (ed.), Robert C. (1992) Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: television and contemporary criticism, London & New York: Routledge
Creeber, Glen (ed.) ((2004)) 50 Key Television Programmes London: Arnold
McQueen, David ), ((1998)) Television: A Media Studentï¿½s Guide, London, New York, Sydney, Auckland, Arnold
Sinclair, John & Turner , Graeme(eds.) , . ((2004),) Contemporary World Television London: BFI
Miller, Toby (ed.) ((2002),) Television Studies, London: BFI.
** Essential Reading
Selby and Cowdery (1995) How to Study Television Macmillan
Hilmes, Michelle (2003) The Television History Book BFI
Lury,Karen ((2004)) Interpreting Television London: Arnold.
Creeber, Glen (2001) The Television Genre Book BFI

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4