1 x 2 hour 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
50%
Semester Assessment
1 x 2500 word essay
50%
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
To have gained a clear understanding of key theoretical approaches to the study of TV.
To have developed an understanding of the relationship between different approaches to the study of Television.
To possess the ability to critically evaluate key texts in the area.
Aims
The aim of the module is to investigate the role of television in society, working with the history of television and social theories about the relationship between TV and society.
Brief description
This module will develop an in depth understanding of major approaches to the study of television and will allow you to develop the ability to evaluate a range of empirical and theoretical tools for the analysis of television, with a particular emphasis on the history of televsion. The content includes in depth analysis of key issues, including, social theory and television and debates in TV history. This includes topics such as the development of television at key moments in television history, and questions of the relationship between television and
wider bodies of social thought and historical interpretation.
Reading Lists
Books ** Recommended Text
Corner, John (2000) Critical Ideas in Television Studies
OUP
Crisell, Andrew (2002) An Introductory History of British Broadcasting 2nd edition
Routledge
Curran J and Guervitch, M (eds) (2000) Mass Media and Society
London, Arnold, 3rd Edition
Curran, James and Jean Seaton (2003) Power Without Responsibility: the press and broadcasting in Britain (6th edition)
Routledge
Freedman, D (2003) Television Policies of the Labour Party 1951-2001
London, 2003
Goodwin, Peter (1998) Television Under the Tories: broadcasting policy 1979-1997
BFI
Hilmes, M (2003) The Television History Book
BFI
Hutchinson, D. (1999) Media Policy: an introduction
Blackwells
Mill, J.S (1859) 'On Liberty'
Various reprints
O'Malley, Tom (1996) Closedown? The BBC and government broadcasting policy since 1945. 2nd edition
Blackwell
Tracey, Michael (1998) The Decline and Fall of Public Service Boradcasting
OUP
Williams, Kevin (1998) Get me a murder a day! A history of mass communications in Britain
Arnold
Williams, Kevin (2003) Understanding Media Theory
Edward Arnold