CMM 325.01
Television Aesthetics & Criticism
Fall, 2009: MWF 1:45 – 2:35
Current Notices
Latest Update: Tuesday, Nov. 17th, 2009

Assignments/Readings	Forms/Other Handouts	Other Helpful Links
Next Assignment: For tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 18th, you are to have a rough outline of your final paper that begins with your thesis statement and ends with an abstract of approximately one paragraph in length, that summarizes what you are trying to say in your paper. Remember that the paper itself, with References, is due on the last day of class, Friday, Dec. 4th. You should be finished well before that date so you can have it read and re-read by yourself and others, correcting all spelling, typing and grammatical errors. After the outline, a rough draft of the first 4 pages will be due just before we break for Thanksgiving, Monday, Nov. 23rd. If you need help writing an outline, contact the Center for Academic Excellence here on campus or go online to one of many writing centers across the country for examples and format help. Reading: You should be reading Chapter 9 in the Mittell text on "Viewing Television". In tomorrow's class we will discuss your outlines briefly, then this chapter and cover the genre of reality TV. A sample - possible - thesis for the program The Sopranos: Within its portrayal of New Jersey mobsters as seemingly ordinary members of the state's upper class, the show's characterization of Carmela Soprano is complicated and subtle, revealing a moral compass missing in her husband and one which could often influence him more than he wanted or was even aware.	Power Point Programs Link to the "9/11 TV Archive" Site History of TV News With Some Links Auteur Theory Power Point With Links to Television Auteurs Lighting Characteristics Power Point Editing In Film and Television Power Point Sound in Film and Television Power Point A Brief History of Radio With Some Links A Brief Intro to Semiotics Power Point History of Film & Television/Video Elements of the Mise En Scene Helpful Sources/Current Issue Links Illustrations of Major Film Format Sizes Velvet Light Trap Film Comment Recent Mobile Register Article on ATT&T's Efforts to Move Into Competition With Comcast	Berger's List of Uses & Gratifications A Google Book of Arthur Asa Berger with 1st Chapter on Semiotics A United Kingdom site that contains excellent summaries of televsision history by genres and other categories A Site for Numerous TV Ads NY Times Article on Reality TV Production Xavier University of Cincinnati's Site for "Socially Responsible Television" The Museum of Broadcast Television's Site for Television Studies The FCC's Site for a Mostly Technological History of Television A UK site with Numerous links to Past & Present TV Programs, especially reality shows APA style Guide & link to the University of Wisconsin at Madison's Writing Center. A good but brief thumbnail history of television from its beginnings through each decade, year by year, to the present. A very good site for Semiotics - Daniel Chandler's A Human Rights Site that tracks Global Media Conglomerates