TF10420 - STUDYING TELEVISION

Module Identifier

TF10420

Module Title

STUDYING TELEVISION

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Dr Glen Creeber

Semester

Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)

Other staff

Dr Daniel G J Chandler, Mr Dafydd G Sills-Jones, Mr Roderick Albert Munday, Professor Martin J Barker, Ms Lisa R Richards, Professor Thomas P O'Malley

Course delivery

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.

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.

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.

Reading Lists

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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4