Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 232a/b Radio and Television as Entertainment Media

Traces the development of the idea of "entertainment" in commercial radio and television, and situates the institutions of broadcast entertainment within wider debates around leisure, popular taste and culture. Theoretical and historical approaches to radio and television will be introduced.

Prerequisite: Registration in the second, third or fourth year of an MIT program, or permission of the Faculty.
3 lecture hours, half course


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