tv midterm

Kellner

Critical Perspectives on Television from the Frankfurt School to the Politics of Representation

Frankfurt School - intersectionality - need multiple perspectives

Wasko

The Study of Political Economy of the Media in the 21st Century

CPE is not just ownership and economy - the text still important

Smythe

On the Political Economy of Communications

CPE is scarce goods and services - who, how, where

Osman

Afghan Television Production: A Distinctive Political Economy

afghanistan CPE - historical and political context - international involvement - dif to US

Hall (1)

The Formation of Cultural Studies

formation of CS - not just theories, involves economy and politics

Hall (2)

Encoding, Decoding

reliant on language and premise

Lotz

Unpopularity and Cultural Power in the Age of Netflix: New Questions for Cultural Studies Approaches to Television Texts

CS w/ Netflix - niche audiences change old approach - no real mass audience

Newcomb

Television is a Cultural Forum

cultural forum - facilitates society defining cultural meaning

Gates

Embracing the Ratchet: Reality Television ad Strategic Negativity

considered not serious - unique topics covered

Smith-Shomade

Laughing Out Loud: Negras Negotiating Situation Comedy

situation comedy - representation not always good - can mak stereotypes

Warner

The Racial Logic of Grey’s Anatomy: Shonda Rhimes and their Post Civil Rights, Post Feminist Series

Grey’s Anatomy - blind casting doesn’t work - taking characteristics away from characters

VanArendonk

Theorizing the Television Episode

each episode is its own, not just whole - Friends example

Abbott

I Want To Do Things Bad Things To You: The Television Horror Title Sequence

title sequence is a text - genre expectations, shape audience engagement, narrative info

Gray

Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts

paratexts can amplify, reduce, erase, or add meaning

Xanthoudakis and Donabedian

You Don’t Get Points for Paratext: The Precarity of Queer Representation in Good Omens

good omens paratext - need for explicit representation

Mittel

Genre and Television

genre is not just common characteristics of a text - cultural approach

how genres are created and maintained through interactions of tv producers, networks, critics, audiences

genre - a cultural practice

Walters

Netflix Originals: The Evolution of True Crime Television

true crime vs Netflix Docuseries

Wheatley

Televisuality and the New American Gothic

new american gothic - new style - Twin Peaks - brings troubles of American families to light

Newman and Levin

Not a Soap Opera

TV Dramas better bc they’re not Soaps