Chapter 9 - Television

Music and Talk 

Assignments

Bring to class Thursday: Quiz 9 (Television) take-home. 

Reading: Chapter 10 (Internet) for Thursday Oct. 30

Blog 4: Topic will be ideas for the Research Paper. I will post the topic and we will discuss it in class Thursday.

Pie graphs from the 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report

In class, we discussed:

The history of TV - Cathode ray tubes, color, cable, recording devices, satellite, "pulling the cord." Decency and ratings. Diversity issues -- racial and ethnic minorities, LGBT etc. 

After class, I found this report from UCLA:  2014 Hollywood Diversity Report. The report uses content analysis to measure diversity in TV and movie casts, and also discusses minorities in roles such as director and producer. It would be a good source to use in your research paper, depending on the topic.