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In this course, you will learn the tools to effectively understand and evaluate the dynamic medium of television. Through various course readings, screenings, activities, and papers, we will cover the following general subject areas, which involve television defined as:
You will take a multi-perspectival approach to analyzing television, using historical analysis, industrial analysis, textual analysis, and audience/reception studies as a framework. As you progress through the class, you will explore historical and recent representations of diverse groups on television, in order to understand the cultural impact of this pervasive communication medium. Through course discussions and assignments, you will also apply critical lenses to several other prominent examples of contemporary television.
CO 150 (College Composition (GT-CO2)) or SPCM 100 (Communication and Popular Culture (GT-AH1)) or SPCM 130 (Relational and Organizational Communication (GT-SS3)) or SPCM 200 (Public Speaking) or SPCM 201 (History and Theory of Rhetoric (GT-AH3)) or SPCM 207 (Public Argumentation); and sophomore standing.
After having completed a B.A. in Speech Communication at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2002, Amanda was excited to move to beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado to pursue an M.A. in Communication Studies from Colorado State University. Her Master's Thesis was titled, "The Presentation and Mediation of Winona LaDuke's Political Identity During the 2000 United States' Presidential Campaign," which was chaired by Dr. Karrin Anderson. Amanda has taught full-time as a Special Instructor/Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies since earning her M.A. in May of 2004. She enjoys teaching Evaluating Contemporary Television, Communication and Popular Culture, Political Communication, Professional Communication, Public Speaking, and Advanced Public Speaking classes at CSU and has taught Interpersonal Communication and Public Speaking classes part-time at Front Range Community College.
