Difference between revisions of "2008-09 BM2: Session 8"

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Media realities, media identities; the Vietnam War as the first "living-room" war; creating political identities in/on Anglo-American film and TV landscapes; globally circulating media; media culture as national culture? Trans-cultural media studies; globalization and media: world widely circulating media; The Internet; or medial globalization; cultural imperialism; public viewings; Media and gender: Reproduction of gender (and other) stereotypes via media; gendered ways of consuming/using/producing media.
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photography, film, radio, television… visual culture(s); influence of Hollywood Cinema and American Television; a special focus on crime and issues continental countries would handle with stringer respect for privacy – perspectives on the historical development. Freedom of the press – implemented relatively early. A commercial system. BBC in England, private media in the US…; feading television; rise of television (à la Tichi's ''Electronic Heath'')! capitalism and the media; public service vs. market;
Cultural constructions of difference(s); production of meaning; examples: the rise of talk shows, soap operas (from vaudeville to today), sitcoms (e.g. ''The Nanny'' and questions of ethnicity and last week I watched an episode where homo/heterosexuality and religion were quite important) and reality-TV shows - TVsites of (cultural) 'education';
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Not sure where to put it: Sports as cultural practice, also spectatorship/fandom in sports (also music), athletes as cultural icons? (David Beckham)
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 14 July 2008

photography, film, radio, television… visual culture(s); influence of Hollywood Cinema and American Television; a special focus on crime and issues continental countries would handle with stringer respect for privacy – perspectives on the historical development. Freedom of the press – implemented relatively early. A commercial system. BBC in England, private media in the US…; feading television; rise of television (à la Tichi's Electronic Heath)! capitalism and the media; public service vs. market;