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Spring 2018 | COMM 3231 Section 001: Reality TV: History, Culture, and Economics (52505)
- Instructor(s)
- 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
Tue,
Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (49 of 49 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- 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/52505/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2016
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