Television Culture
Course code
BFM6195.FK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Telekultuur
Course title in English
Television Culture
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To support knowledge about television and analysing skills. To create basis for independent critical approach of social, cultural and professional aspects of television and teleproduction, and to support students telecritical ability.
Brief description of the course
Critical television science. Television and society, basics of telecritical approach, and main concepts, subject fields and methods. The tools to create message and meaning, different TV genres, representation, discourse. Interdisciplinary approach. Main methods of text analysis. Television institutions, content (programmes), auditorium and socio-cultural context criticism. Guidelines to telecritical writing.
The course assumes independent work with literature. During the course student has to do one seminar presentation, write critical-analytical essay and make video research.
The course assumes independent work with literature. During the course student has to do one seminar presentation, write critical-analytical essay and make video research.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of modern critical television science;
- has skills to critically analyse the social and cultural role of television, the mechanisms of creating meanings, to use different approaches for telecritical essays;
- has ability to use scientific terminology and knowledge to analyse practical creative work.
- has knowledge of modern critical television science;
- has skills to critically analyse the social and cultural role of television, the mechanisms of creating meanings, to use different approaches for telecritical essays;
- has ability to use scientific terminology and knowledge to analyse practical creative work.
Teacher
Indrek Treufeldt
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