Tentative Schedule

RTV 3007: Introduction to Television

August & September

November & December

This Course Outline is a basic outlined of the way this course SHOULD proceed;
please note that dates, lectures and assignments are subject to change.

Week 1: 8/26 & 8/28
Course Introduction	Reading:Campbell. Media & Culture. Popular Radio 1&2
Week 2: 9/02 & 9/04
The Birth of Television	9/02: Labor Day Holiday. No classes. 9/4 Reading:Campbell. Media & Culture. Television.1,2 &3
Week 3: 9/09 & 9/11
Early Years of TV	9/09: Reading Assignment 1 9/11 Top Teen Team Reading Assignment 1 Reading:Campbell. Media & Culture. Television.1,2 &3
Week 4: 9/16 & 9/18
TV Anthology Series The McCarthy Era. Murrow vs. McCarthy: See it Now. New York Times explanation Edward R. Murrow: "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy" (You Tube video)	Due, 9/16 : Group 1-4. TV Review Reading:Red Scare, McCarthy Era & TV Barnouw, Erik. Tube of Plenty
Week 5: 9/23 & 9/25
Screeaning: Good Night, and Good luck, 2005	Due, 9/23:Groups 5-8. TV Review Reading:Campbell. Media & Culture. Cable Television.1,2 &3
Week 6: 9/30 & 10/02
Kennedy years Cinema Verité Great Debates Deception & Death	Due, 9/24:Groups 9-12. TV Review Reading: Tube Of Plenty: & Wolk. Over the Top

October

Week 7 - 10/7 & 10/9
The Sixties TV and race issues Daisy Girl: campaign Vietnam War & TV wars - telefilms	Reading: Tube Of Plenty:& Einsten. Media Diversity.
Week 8 - 10/14 & 10/16
Mid Term Review	10/14: Reading Assignment 2 10/16 Top Teen Team Reading Assignment 2
Weeks 9 - 10/21 & 10/23
MidTerm How to Research a TV show	Online MidTerm, Due 10/21 at 1:30 pm Reading: - "Target Audience" Definition:http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TargetAudience - How to identify a target audience: http://www.dummies.com/business/marketing/how-to-identify-your-target-market/ - Optional: Questioning the concept... and changing for a better one: http://adage.com/article/turner-ignite/stop-insanity-tv-audience-targeting-matters/310773/ - Things to take into account when doing a "competitive analysis": https://www.xero.com/za/resources/small-business-guides/how-to/how-to-do-competitor-analysis/ - Why do we need to do audience research? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/arts/television/networks-rely-on-audience-research-to-choose-shows.html
Week 10 - 10/28 & 10/30
Legal & Ethics Considerations Screening: The March, 1963	Reading: - Consumer surveys: https://fyi.uwex.edu/downtown-market-analysis/understanding-the-market/consumer-survey/ - Focus groups: https://fyi.uwex.edu/downtown-market-analysis/understanding-the-market/focus-groups/ -Storyboards: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Storyboard - How to make a storyboard: https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/accad/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/index.html - Review: How to Pitch a TV Show: https://goodinaroom.com/blog/how-to-pitch-a-tv-show

November & December

Week 11- 11/04 & 11/06
Television & Social Media	11/04 Last day to drop with a DR grade. Due, 11/04: Groups 10 to 12 Present Content Plan
Week 12: 11/11 & 11/13
Streaming TV	11/11 Veterans Day: No classes Due, 11/13: Groups 7- 9 Present Content Plan
Weeks 13: 11/18 & 11/20
More Presentations	Due, 11/18: Groups 4 -6 Present Content Plan
Week 14: 11/25 & 11/27
Last Presentations	Due, 11/25:Groups 1-3 Present Content Plan 11/27 Pre-ThanksGiving Day: Online work-Final Reading Review
Week 15:12/02 & 12/05
Final Reviews	10/14: Reading Assignment 3 10/16 Top Teen Team Reading Assignment 3 (Last!)
Week 16:12/09 MONDAY- Online Final Exam
The final will be open 12/05 until 12/9 at 9pm.	Due, MONDAY - 12/9 at 3 pm