Dear Class,
You must respond to one of the three previous prompts by next Wednesday's section (I've given you a two day extension in observance of the fall break).
However, I would also encourage EVERY student to post one question here that they have about material on the midterm.
I will be covering the Classic Network Era, the magazine style of advertising, and Bodroghkozy's article on Thursday. Between your Wednesday section and Thursday's lecture we'd like to answer any questions you may have.
If you post a question about the midterm content here, you receive one PASS for a blog post (thus, you do not have to post one week of your choice during the semester). Please post! :) It will only help you and everyone else. There are no stupid questions. Fire away!
Best,
Candace
Earlier, we talked about the negative responses that took place in regards to "Amos 'n' Andy." People believed that the show was too racist towards blacks and that it was not putting them in a positive light. However, the article about "Julia" poses the notion that people were upset because it was not being "told how it is." They believe that it gave Julia too much power and portrayed a discouraging look upon matriarchy. My question is - what was so different around these times that made them upset - they weren't satisfied with what was brought up in Amos 'n' Andy and they were still unsatisfied when they tried to look at African-Americans through a different lens. Was there something going on historically that could have affected these outlooks? (I know they listed events at the beginning of the "Color TV" article but I was just curious.
ReplyDeleteCan we go over the specifics of Minow's Vaste Wasteland speech and Dodd's Senate hearings on TV violence and why they were challenges in the 1960s? Was Dodd's speech most important to know about because of the senate censoring material?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if we could go over the Quiz Show Scandals, as I know they were covered in lecture but we didn't really have any readings on them. My main question is really about the ramifications they had on television as a whole in that time--I know they were mentioned in the Spigel article as building upon a distrust of television that went along with the dislike of laugh tracks and the loud and pushy commercials--but were there other consequences as far as programming and policy go?
ReplyDeleteDuring the post-war era of the 1950s, how did the American people respond to ideas of consumerism as portrayed by television? Given the events of the Great Depression, I'd assume this wouldn't be an effective way to advertise.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few topics on the study guide that I feel like we didn't spend too much time talking about, could you briefly review these points in history and provide a little more information?
ReplyDelete1. What were the effects of the Cold War/McCarthyism on television
2. The network strategies of counterprogramming, audience segmentation, spectaculars
3. The principle of “the public interest” in radio
Thank you!
How specific will radio knowledge need to be, for example the Radio Act of 1927 and Communications Act of 1934, I assume knowing the regulations such as "public interest" and quality of programs but will we also need to know how the government doled out frequency and how it enforced the laws etc.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the FCC stopped issuing television licenses to study problems with interference, but is there anything else that caused the television license freeze?
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