ClassInfo - Fall 2017 Communication Classes

Fall 2017 | COMM 3231 Section 001: Reality TV: History, Culture, and Economics (18312)

Instructor(s): Lauren Weinzimmer
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017

Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Ford Hall B53
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Fall 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2024
(Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Summer 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2022
(Tentative) Spring 2022
(Tentative) Fall 2021
(Tentative) Summer 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Social, visual, cultural, economic, historical, and ethical dimensions of reality television.
Class Description:: This course examines the social, visual, cultural, economic and ethical dimensions of reality TV, asking what is "real" about such programming and how its proliferation in recent years speaks to broader forces and trends. We will critically examine a number of proliferation in recent years speaks to broader forces and trends. We will critically examine a number of popular reality formats including game docs, reality soaps, dating shows, makeovers and talent competitions; will also trace the historical origins of reality TV and consider its vexed relationship to traditions of news and documentary. Drawing from critical theories of media and culture, we will ultimately take reality TV as a case study for thinking through complex questions about representation, truth, interactivity, surveillance, self-fashioning, citizenship/governance, labor, celebrity and commerce. While we will focus on U.S. reality TV programming, we will place the "reality phenomenon" within a broader global context.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18312/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 1 November 2016

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