Broadcasting:schedule

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This is the weekly schedule for History of Broadcasting. Each lecture links to its corresponding list of key terms/dates/names. All the readings are in the following course texts:

BC = “Broadcasting Century and Beyond”

RA = “Rebels on the Air”

Contents 1 WEEK 1 2 WEEK 2 3 WEEK 3 4 WEEK 4 5 WEEK 5 6 WEEK 6 7 WEEK 7 8 WEEK 8 9 WEEK 9 10 WEEK 10 11 WEEK 11 12 WEEK 12 13 WEEK 13 14 WEEK 14 15 WEEK 15 16 WEEK 16

WEEK 1

Mon 8/27 Introductions

Wed 8/29 The Electromagnetic Spectrum & Early Wireless p.1-19 BC p.1-12 RA

Thur 8/30 Screening: PBS documentary – Tesla, Master of Lightning (2000)

WEEK 2

Mon 9/3 (Labor Day – No Class)

Wed 9/5 Radio Developments in the early ‘20s p.21-39 BC p.13-26 RA

Thur 9/6 Screening: PBS documentary – Empire of the Air (1991)

WEEK 3

Mon 9/10 Radio begins Regulation p.39-48 BC

Wed 9/12 Advancing Radio at the end of the ‘20s p.48-60 BC

Thur 9/13 Screening: Radio shorts – Lum and Abner (1935), Lights Out (4/05/38) Radio show – Lone Ranger (1933), Day of Radio Sept. 21 1939 excerpts

WEEK 4

Mon 9/17 Broadcasting in the Depression p.61-70 BC FDR’s Fireside Chats (1933)

Wed 9/19 Radio as Entertainment and Escape p.70-79 BC p.27-40 RA

Thur 9/20 Screening: Radio variety show – The Chase and Sanborn Hour w/ Mae West (12/12/37) Radio drama – War of the Worlds (10/30/38)

WEEK 5

Mon 9/24 Technology on the Eve of WWII p.79-90 BC Radio report: The Hindenburg Explosion (1937)

Wed 9/26 Exam #1 on Broadcasting up to 1939

Thur 9/27 (No screening – PlayTime opening reception in Traina Gallery 4:30pm-7pm)

WEEK 6

Mon 10/1 Broadcasting in the World War II era p.91-105 BC Radio reports: Pearl Harbor (1941); D-Day invasion (1944)

Wed 10/3 Broadcasting in Post-war Prosperity p.105-113 BC Radio reports: V-E Day; Hiroshima; V-J Day (1945)

Interview Project Due

Thur 10/4 Screening: Radio play – On A Note of Triumph (5/13/45) Radio comedy – Abbot and Costello Show (4/17/45) Radio comedy – The Jack Benny Program (03/28/48) Radio drama – Dragnet (12/22/49)

WEEK 7

Mon 10/8 (Midterm Break – No Class)

Wed 10/10 Development of Television in the late ‘40s p.113-123 BC p.41-55 RA

Thur 10/11 Screening: Big Dreams, Small Screens (1997) TV sitcom – Amos & Andy Kingfish Finds His Future (1953) TV sitcom – The Goldbergs (1953) TV talk show – Stand Up and Be Counted (1956) TV kids show – Howdy Doody (1958)

WEEK 8

Mon 10/15 The Proliferation of Television p.125-139 BC

Wed 10/17 Television and Historical Change under Ike p.139-150 BC

Thur 10/18 Screening: Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech (1952) Edward R. Murrow’s See It Now excerpts(1954) TV game show – Do You Trust Your Wife? (1956) TV drama – The Twilight Zone (1959)

WEEK 9

Mon 10/22 Television and Cultural Change p.150-163 BC p.56-68 RA

Wed 10/24 Exam #2 on Broadcasting in the ‘40s and ‘50s exam info

Thur 10/25 Screening: TV variety show – Ed Sullivan excerpts (1950s-‘70s) TV soap opera – General Hospital (1963) TV sci-fi action/drama – Star Trek, episode 68 (1968)

WEEK 10

Mon 10/29 Television Regulation under Kennedy p.165-179 BC Radio reports: Sputnik (1957); John Glenn orbits; Cuban missile crisis (1962)

Wed 10/31 Television Politics in the ‘60s p.179-188 BC p.69-84 RA Radio reports: Assassinations of JFK; Oswald (1963); MLK; RFK (1968)

Thur 11/1 Screening: TV variety show – Smothers Brothers excerpts (1968) Feature documentary – In the Year of the Pig (1968)

WEEK 11

Mon 11/5 (class cancelled)

Wed 11/7 Broadcasting in the Vietnam War era p.188-200 BC p.85-98 RA

Thur 11/8 Screening: TV sitcoms – Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); All in the Family (1971) TV cop show – Starsky and Hutch (1975)

WEEK 12

Mon 11/12 Re-regulation in the Nixon era p.201-212 BC p.99-116 RA Radio reports: Kent state (1970); Munich Olympics murders (1972) TV special report: Nixon’s Resignation (1974)

Wed 11/14 Media manipulation in the late-‘70s p.212-221 BC p.117-133 RA

Thur 11/15 Screening: Made-for-TV movie – The Day After (1983)

WEEK 13

Mon 11/19 The Move Away from Regulation p.221-232 BC

Industry Developments (Broadcasting & Cable reviews) Project Due

Wed 11/21 (Thanksgiving Break – No Class)

Thur 11/22 (Thanksgiving Break – No Class)

WEEK 14

Mon 11/26 Conglomerating Media Under Reagan p.233-244 BC Radio reports: John Lennon killed (1980); Reagan shot (1981)

Wed 11/28 Broadcasting Before The Gulf War p.244-260 BC Radio reports: Challenger explosion (1986); Berlin Wall falls (1989)

Thur 11/29 Screening: TV cop drama – NYPD Blue (1993) Teen television – My So-Called Life (1994)

WEEK 15

Mon 12/3 The Digital Age Arrives p.261-283 BC p.197-244 RA Radio reports: Desert Storm (1991); Rodney King verdict (1992)

Wed 12/5 Broadcasting Under Clinton p.283-309 BC p.245-269 RA Radio reports: Waco disaster (1993); Oklahoma City bombing (1995)

Thur 12/6 Screening: Video documentary – OutFoxed (2004)

WEEK 16

Mon 12/10 Electronic Media in the New Millennium p.311-340 BC p.270-284 RA

Fri 12/14 FINAL EXAM at 4pm-6pm Exam info