SCRN3100
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course examines television texts while interrogating the many forces that influence television's production, distribution, and reception. These are explored through television programming from the recent so-called 'golden age of television'. In the 21st Century, television has undergone rapid technological and industrial changes, which has shaped television content. ‘Peak TV’ refers to the massive expansion in the number of TV channels, distributors, and shows. Streaming video-on-demand platforms like Netflix and Stan provide an online distribution network for older series while also becoming niche content creators, enabling new kinds of television. How we watch television has also changed, as evident with the popularity of binge watching and second screening. We will explore all these facets of contemporary television with close attention to specific television series and television genres.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): FMCS3201. Students who have successfully completed FMCS3201 are not eligible to enrol in SCRN3100.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify the relationship between television texts and their various contexts.
2. Examine key issues and debates emerging in contemporary television studies research.
3. Articulate an argument about television texts, industry and contexts.
4. Use scholarly literature to analyse television case studies.
Content
This course may include the following topics:
- Production and distribution of contemporary TV
- TV genres and form
- TV and its historical contexts
- TV and its social and cultural contexts
- TV taste and value hierarchies
- Close reading of TV as text
- Diversity and inclusion on-screen and behind the scenes
Requisite
This course replaces FMCS3201. If you have successfully completed FMCS3201 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
60 units at 1000 level
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Scene Analysis or Recap
Essay: Essay
Project: Playlist
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Film Screening-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Seminar-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Course outline
- SCRN3100 - Semester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 223.7 KB)
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