Broadcasting:schedule08

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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”

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

[edit] WEEK 1

Wed 9/3 Introductions

Thur 9/4 Screening:

• PBS documentary – Tesla, Master of Lightning (2000)

[edit] WEEK 2

Mon 9/8 The Electromagnetic Spectrum & Early Wireless p.1-19 BC, Hilmes “Before Broadcasting” PDF

Wed 9/10 Radio Developments in the early ‘20s p.21-39 BC

Thur 9/11 Screening:

• PBS documentary – Empire of the Air (1991)

[edit] WEEK 3

Mon 9/15 Radio begins Regulation p.39-48 BC

Wed 9/17 Advancing Radio at the end of the ‘20s p.48-60 BC

Thur 9/18 Screening:

• Radio shorts – Lum and Abner (1935)
• Lights Out (4/05/38)
• Radio show – Lone Ranger (1933)
• Day of Radio Sept. 21 1939 excerpts

[edit] WEEK 4

Mon 9/22 Broadcasting in the Depression p.61-70 BC

Wed 9/24 Radio as Entertainment and Escape p.70-79 BC

• FDR’s Fireside Chats (1933)

Thur 9/25 Screening:

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

[edit] WEEK 5

Mon 9/29 Technology on the Eve of WWII p.79-90 BC

• Radio report: The Hindenburg Explosion (1937)

Wed 10/1 Exam #1 on Broadcasting up to 1939 (Notes on Exam #1 format)

Thur 10/2 Screening:

• Radio comedy – Abbott and Costello Show (4/17/45)
• Radio play – On A Note of Triumph (5/13/45)
• Radio drama – Fourteen August (8/14/45)

[edit] WEEK 6

Mon 10/6 Broadcasting in the World War II era p.91-105 BC, Hilmes “War at Home and Abroad” PDF

• Radio reports: Pearl Harbor (1941); D-Day invasion (1944)

Interview Project Due

Wed 10/8 Broadcasting in Post-war Prosperity p.105-113 BC

• Radio reports: V-E Day; Hiroshima; V-J Day (1945)

Thur 10/9 Screening:

• Radio comedy – The Jack Benny Program (03/28/48)
• Radio comedy – The Burns and Allen Show w/ Jack Benny (1/8/48)
• Radio drama – Dragnet (12/22/49)

[edit] WEEK 7

Mon 10/13 NO CLASS (Columbus Day)

Wed 10/15 Development of Television in the late ‘40s p.113-123 BC, Spigel “Television…Family Circle” PDF

Thur 10/16 Screening: (OOPS - SCREENING WAS ACCIDENTALLY CANCELED!!!)

• 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)

[edit] WEEK 8

Mon 10/20 The Proliferation of Television p.125-139 BC, Spigel “People…Next Door” PDF

• TV sitcom – The Goldbergs (1953) (MAKEUP)

Wed 10/22 Television and Historical Change under Ike p.139-150 BC, Stark “I Love Lucy” PDF, “Edward R. Murrow” PDF, “The Twilight Zone” PDF

• TV sitcom – Amos & Andy Kingfish Gets Drafted (1953) (MAKEUP)

Thur 10/23 Screening:

• Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech (1952)
• Edward R. Murrow’s See It Now excerpts
• TV game show – Do You Trust Your Wife? (1956) (SKIP)
• TV kids show – Howdy Doody (1958)
• TV drama – The Twilight Zone, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" (1959)

[edit] WEEK 9

Mon 10/27 Television and Cultural Change p.150-163 BC

• Guest speaker Mirian Levy of Rounder Records - detailed lecture notes will be provided in lieu of formal discussion

Wed 10/29 Exam #2 on Broadcasting in the ‘40s and ‘50s (Notes on Exam #2 format)

Thur 10/30 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)

[edit] WEEK 10

Mon 11/3 Television Regulation under Kennedy p.165-179 BC, Stark “Ed Sullivan” PDF

• Radio reports: Sputnik (1957); John Glenn orbits; Cuban missile crisis (1962)

Wed 11/5 Television Politics in the ‘60s p.179-188 BC, Walker “The ‘60s” PDF, Stark “Smothers Brothers” PDF

• Radio reports: Assassinations of JFK; Oswald (1963); MLK; RFK (1968)
• Smothers Brothers excerpts: ch.3,8,9,11 (1968)

Thur 11/6 Screening:

• Feature film – M*A*S*H (1970)

[edit] WEEK 11

Mon 11/10 Broadcasting in the Vietnam War era p.188-200 BC, Stark “Sesame Street” PDF

Wed 11/12 Re-regulation in the Nixon era p.201-212 BC, Walker “The ‘70s” PDF, Stark “Mary Tyler Moore” PDF & “All in the Family” PDF

• Radio reports: Kent state (1970); Munich Olympics murders (1972)
• TV special report: Nixon’s Resignation (1974)

Thur 11/13 Screening:

• TV sitcoms – Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
• All in the Family (1971)
• TV cop show – Starsky and Hutch (1975)

[edit] WEEK 12

Mon 11/17 Media manipulation in the late-‘70s p.212-221 BC

Wed 11/19 The Move Away from Regulation p.221-232 BC Stark “Hill St. Blues” PDF

Thur 11/20 Screening:

• TV cop drama – Hill Street Blues (1981)
• TV medical drama – St. Elsewhere (1982)
• TV sitcom – The Cosby Show (1984)

[edit] WEEK 13

Mon 11/24 Conglomerating Media Under Reagan p.233-244 BC, Stark “CNN” PDF

• Radio reports: John Lennon killed (1980); Reagan shot (1981)

Wed 11/26 NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)

Thur 11/27 NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)

[edit] WEEK 14

Mon 12/1 Broadcasting Before The Gulf War p.244-260 BC, Stark “Roseanne” PDF

• Radio reports: Challenger explosion (1986); Berlin Wall falls (1989)

Wed 12/3 The Digital Age Arrives p.261-283 BC, Mittell “Cartoon Realism” PDF

• Radio reports: Desert Storm (1991); Rodney King verdict (1992)

DATE CHANGE: Industry Developments Project Due

Thur 12/4 Screening:

• Cartoon Comedy – The Simpsons (1990)
• Reality TV – The Real World (1992)
• TV cop drama – NYPD Blue (1993)

[edit] WEEK 15

Mon 12/8 Broadcasting Under Clinton p.283-309 BC, Giles “The West Wing” PDF, Arthurs “Sex and the City” PDF

• Radio reports: Waco disaster (1993); Oklahoma City bombing (1995)

Tue 12/9 (Monday schedule but CLASS CANCELED)

Wed 12/10 Electronic Media in the New Millennium, p.311-340 BC, Spigel “Entertainment Wars” PDF

[edit] WEEK 16

Thur 12/18 FINAL EXAM / 6:30-8:30pm (Notes on Exam #3 format)