FLME 4210 – Critical History of Radio and Television
Email: mbass16@gsu.edu
Office: 25 Park Pl, 1021D (10th Floor)
Visitation Hours: MW 10:00am-12:00pm or by appointment

Full Course Syllabus

Readings (Password Protected)

Resources
Technology and GSU
GSU College of the Arts Homepage
GSU Library Film Studies Home Page
GSU Semester Calendars and Exam Schedules
GSU LIbrary Film and Video Research Guides
SWANK – GSU Library’s Streaming Service!
Kanopy – GSU Library’s Other Streaming Service!
Hoopla – Atlanta-Fulton Public Library’s Streaming Service!
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
Criterion Channel
Adblock Plus
Videodrome Atlanta
Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta
Plaza Theatre Atlanta
Film Terms Glossary
Box Office Mojo
Film-Related Podcasts
How to Email a Professor
GSU Counseling Services
GSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
GSU Writing Studio
Purdue Online Writing Lab
GSU 1010 Tutorials
Gauntlett, “Essay-Writing: The Essential Guide”
More Paper Tips
What is a Scholarly Article?
How to Find Scholarly Articles
Citation Styles Help
Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour (Stern, 1998)

Lecture Notes
Smith – It’s Just a Movie
Danesi – What is Popular Culture?
Benjamin, Du Gay et al., and Fiske
Plato and Adorno & Horkheimer
Gramsci & Althusser
Foucault – Panopticism
Hall – Encoding/Decoding
Kellner – Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture
Lotz & Havens – Key Concepts in Media Industry Studies
Schatz – The New Hollywood
Perren – A Big Fat Indie Success Story
Schatz – Desilu, I Love Lucy, and the Rise of Network TV
Seiter – Semiotics, Structuralism, and Television
Barthes – Myth Today
Levy – Raunch Culture
Jhally & Lewis – Enlightened Racism excerpts
Fiske – Active Audiences & Activated Texts
Radway – Women Read the Romance
Jenkins – Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten
Alperstein – Advertising as Social Practice
Hollander – Michael Jackson, the Celebrity Cult, and Popular Culture
Henderson – From Barnum to “Bling”
Hebdige – The Function of Subculture
McCloud – Understanding Comics
Shaw – What is Video Game Culture?
Jenkins, Ford, & Green – Why Media Spreads

Extra Credit

The Bass Clan!