THE FUTURE OF YOUR TV
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Lessons
1. Course intro & Intro to Communication
2. Online - Good TV & Reading Notes
2. In Person - Good TV & Reading Notes
3. Media Analysis Basics
4. Media Analysis - Color & Symbol
5. Media Analysis - Light/Dark & Camera Angle
6. Media Analysis - Face/Body, Power/Norms
7. The History of TV
8. The 50s - I Love Lucy
9. The 60s - Dick Van Dyke
10. The 70s - Good Times
11. The 70s - Mary Tyler Moore
12. The 80s - The Golden Girls
13. The 80s - Full House & Fuller House
14. The 90s - Nickelodeon
15. The 90s - Will & Grace
16. The 2000s - Girlfriends
17. 2000s - Always Sunny
18. 2000s - Mad Men
19. 2010s - OITNB
20. Race & Final Project
21. The 2010s - Blackish
22. The 2010s - Fresh Off the Boat
23. The 2010s - Master of None
24. The 2010s - One Day at a Time
25. The Real World - Intro to Reality TV
26. Dance Moms - Reality TV Ethics
26. Toddlers & Tiaras - Reality TV Ethics - Online Section
27. Hoarders - Reality TV Narrative
28. Queer Eye and Course Wrap Up
Assignments
Reading Notes - all sections
Individual Meeting - Online Section
Screening Quizzes - In Person section
Screening Quizzes - online section
Asynchronous Lesson Quizzes - online section
Final Project - all sections
Episode Guide
Takehomes
Lesson 15: The 90s - Will & Grace
Online Asynchronous Section
Instructions
Remember - if you choose to do this lesson, you must do all assignments to get any points
Read the takehomes from Lesson 14
Read the essential question
Read the guided screening questions
Watch both episodes
Take both screening quizzes on Canvas
Watch the lecture video
Take asynchronous quiz 15 on Canvas
In Person Section
Instructions
Takehomes
Essential Question
LGBT+ background and representation mini lecture
Guided screening questions
Episode screening
Episode discussion
Takehomes
Read through the takehomes from the previous lesson and any others from the recent past that you haven't seen.
Essential Question
How does this series discuss and represent gender and sexuality?
What similarities and differences do we see between the original and its reboot (if you have seen it) or more modern LGBTQ+ content?
Guided Screening Questions
September 21, 1998 - May 18, 2006 on NBC
8 Seasons - 194 episodes in the original run
18 Primetime Emmys from 83 nominations
All four main actors received an Emmy during the run of the series.
Reboot in 2017 for 9, 10, 11th seasons and 52 more episodes.
Optional
I am linking the CNN article and adding the readings I referenced in the lecture if you are interested in learning more.
CNN - LGBTQ Rights Milestones
leavitt_et_al..pdf
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Will & Grace Lecture Video
Online section
This lecture video is 38 minutes long
Assignments
Online Section
Screening Quiz 11
Screening Quiz 12
Asynchronous Quiz 15
Home
Home - Online
Home - In Person
Syllabus
Syllabus - Online
Syllabus - In Person
Lessons
1. Course intro & Intro to Communication
2. Online - Good TV & Reading Notes
2. In Person - Good TV & Reading Notes
3. Media Analysis Basics
4. Media Analysis - Color & Symbol
5. Media Analysis - Light/Dark & Camera Angle
6. Media Analysis - Face/Body, Power/Norms
7. The History of TV
8. The 50s - I Love Lucy
9. The 60s - Dick Van Dyke
10. The 70s - Good Times
11. The 70s - Mary Tyler Moore
12. The 80s - The Golden Girls
13. The 80s - Full House & Fuller House
14. The 90s - Nickelodeon
15. The 90s - Will & Grace
16. The 2000s - Girlfriends
17. 2000s - Always Sunny
18. 2000s - Mad Men
19. 2010s - OITNB
20. Race & Final Project
21. The 2010s - Blackish
22. The 2010s - Fresh Off the Boat
23. The 2010s - Master of None
24. The 2010s - One Day at a Time
25. The Real World - Intro to Reality TV
26. Dance Moms - Reality TV Ethics
26. Toddlers & Tiaras - Reality TV Ethics - Online Section
27. Hoarders - Reality TV Narrative
28. Queer Eye and Course Wrap Up
Assignments
Reading Notes - all sections
Individual Meeting - Online Section
Screening Quizzes - In Person section
Screening Quizzes - online section
Asynchronous Lesson Quizzes - online section
Final Project - all sections
Episode Guide
Takehomes