MIT 21L.432 Understanding Television, Spring 2003

About

The subtitle of this course for the spring 2003 term is "American Television: A Cultural History." The class takes a cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation, considering television as a system of storytelling and myth-making, and as a cultural practice, studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. The course focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. There is much required viewing as well as readings in media theory and cultural interpretation.

Archive

Internet Archive, in MIT OpenCourseWare

Licence or status

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

MIT OpenCourseWare

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed