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This course will offer critical approaches to the analysis of television and television shows in the United States of America. In the first part of this course, we will survey the historical development of television in the U.S., from the invention of the TV to the first network stations all the way to the influence of internet streaming services on the traditional TV market. Afterwards, we will focus on the defining genres in the American TV landscape, such as sitcoms, drama shows or reality television, analyzing their structures and genre definitions, and investigate how the mechanisms of genre diversification function and how audiences make meaning from these programs. We will also look at some productions, past and present, in detail, such as Friends, Dallas, Oprah and many others, and look at their impact on popular culture. |
