TELEVISION STUDIES
TELEVISION STUDIES
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2021/2022 | 10 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Stefania Antonioni | Monday 16-18 on appointment taken by email |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The classes will offer a wide theoretical background, using also a socio-historical perspective, on the specific languages used by TV. The main goal is to offer a comprehensive scenario of the multi-faceted television studies in all their shades and research objects. This main goal is paired by a more specific aim, that is to say the audience analysis in the fragmented and complex contemporary context in which television contents remain the focus of the media consumption of contemporary global audiences. The in-depth analysis of audiences will be linked to the OTT scenario and to the social viewing practices regarding fictional contents. In this sense the analysis of Italiana and international TV series will be privileged. In fact, this multi faceted approach is thought as particularly useful for the future professionals in the communication field, for defininig the strategies of media planning, for analysing the targeted publics and for pruducing tailored contents.
Program
The classes will be organized as follows:
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students have to reach these goals:
1. Knowledge and understanding of: different formats and TV genres, their history, their audiences, acquiring the knowledge of the main models and theoretical approaches in the television studies field.
1.1. Students reach these basic knowledge attending lessons, studying mentioned textbooks and case histories shown.
2. Use of knowledge and understanding skills: through the analysis of the forms of serialization, of the formats and genres and their connection to different historical moments and the corresponding configurations of society and publics.
2.2. Students reach these skills by laboratory activities during class hours and homeworks.
3. Judging skills: critical approach on the evolving dynamics of television and its impact on digital society.
3.1. Students reach and demonstrate these skills during debates with the Professor and with the class, during laboratory activities and during the preparation of the final exam.
4. Communication ability: students have to interact during the lessons asking questions, exchanging ideas with the collegues and organizing keynotes while tested.
4.1. Students reach these skills organizing discussions, excercises and presentations.
5. Learning skills: students have to adopt a critical approach while studying in order to connect theoretical knowledge with empirical analysis, obtaining a personal point of view on the subject.
5.1. Students strengthen these skills debating with the Professor and the rest of the class.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Lectures of professionals and experts, presentations of case histories, videos.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, case histories, laboratory activities and homeworks. In the second part of the course, students will be asked to watch and analyse television content selected, which will be discussed in class.
- Attendance
Lesson attending, individual studying of course books and homeworks.
- Course books
M. Scaglioni, A. Sfardini (a cura di), La televisione. Modelli teorici e percorsi d'analisi, Carocci, Roma, 2017.
A. Lotz, Post network. La rivoluzione della TV, minimum fax, Roma, 2017.
A. Hill, Esperienze mediali. Dalle serie TV al reality, minimum fax, Roma, 2019.
C. Bisoni, Pubblici, utenti, spettatori: il ruolo dell'audience nell'ecosistema dei media, in G. Pescatore (a cura di), Ecosistemi narrativi. Dal fumetto alle serie TV, Carocci, Roma, 2018.
- Assessment
The individual oral exam will be based on the course books, and will evaluate the student learning and his ability of reprocessing and argumentation.
An excellent evaluation will be scored when the student shows good critical and deepening abilities; when he/she shows to connect the main course topics; when he/she uses an appropriate language regarding to a particular discipline.
A reasonable evaluation will be scored when the student shows a mnemonic knowledge of contents; when he/she shows a limited critical ability and limited ability to connect the main course topics; when he/she uses an appropriate language.
A passing grade will be scored when the student shows a minimal knowledge of the topics; when he/she uses of the language not completely appropriate.
A negative evaluation will be scored when the student shows difficulties in the orientation among the topics dealt with during the exam; when he/she shows educational gap; when he/she uses an inappropriate language.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual studying of the course books and use of the learning materials upload on Moodle.
- Attendance
Study of the course books.
- Course books
M. Scaglioni, A. Sfardini (a cura di), La televisione. Modelli teorici e percorsi d'analisi, Carocci, Roma, 2017.
A. Lotz, Post network. La rivoluzione della TV, minimum fax, Roma, 2017.
A. Hill, Esperienze mediali. Dalle serie TV al reality, minimum fax, Roma, 2019.
C. Bisoni, Pubblici, utenti, spettatori: il ruolo dell'audience nell'ecosistema dei media, in G. Pescatore (a cura di), Ecosistemi narrativi. Dal fumetto alle serie TV, Carocci, Roma, 2018.
- Assessment
The individual oral exam will be based on the course books, and will evaluate the student learning and his ability of reprocessing and argumentation.
An excellent evaluation will be scored when the student shows good critical and deepening abilities; when he/she shows to connect the main course topics; when he/she uses an appropriate language regarding to a particular discipline.
A reasonable evaluation will be scored when the student shows a mnemonic knowledge of contents; when he/she shows a limited critical ability and limited ability to connect the main course topics; when he/she uses an appropriate language.
A passing grade will be scored when the student shows a minimal knowledge of the topics; when he/she uses of the language not completely appropriate.
A negative evaluation will be scored when the student shows difficulties in the orientation among the topics dealt with during the exam; when he/she shows educational gap; when he/she uses an inappropriate language.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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