RFSS276
Television Criticism
Subject code
RFSS
Course Number
276
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
S. Kelley-Romano
Course Long Title
Television Criticism
Description
This course examines the representational strategies employed by television to convey social messages. The goals of the course are twofold: first, to acquaint students with the basic theoretical premises of rhetorical approaches to television; and second, to provide students an opportunity for critical and original research. Students examine how representations of race, class, sexuality, ability, and other categories of analysis are articulated in science fiction and fantasy on television. Prerequisite (s): RFSS 100, 120, or AF/RF 162..
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
W2
INDS Program Relationship
IDAM - AMST Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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