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ITAL 6592

Watching Italy Watching TV

This course will focus on the complex history of Italian TV broadcasting, analyzing the changing patterns in TV spectatorship over the past 50 years. Through a cultural studies approach, we will discuss the many facets of public and private broadcasting, in synchronic and diachronic fashion. During the course, students will also be able to watch some of the most representative programs in the history of Italian television.

Required texts: Roberto Grandi, I MASS MEDIA FRA TESTO E CONTESTO, Lupetti, 1992.
Enrico Menduni TELEVISIONE E SOCIETA' ITALIANA Bompiani, 2004.
Gian Paolo Caprettini LA SCATOLA PARLANTE Editori Riuniti, 2002.
Francesco Casetti e Federico Di Chio ANALISI DELLA TELEVISIONE Bompiani, 1998
Subject:
Italian
Department:
Italian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:

Sections in Summer 2007, LS 7 Week Session

Summer 2007, LS 6 Week Session

ITAL6592A-L07 Lecture (Lombardi)