FNMS 398 - Streaming TV

Streaming services have fundamentally changed our experience of consuming media, what viewers think “counts” as TV, and how content creators & media industries craft televisual images. This course will explore the evolution of “streaming TV,” from the rise of broadband internet (and the beginning-of-the-end for Blockbuster) to the current streaming wars. Students will consider how streaming affects consumers’ access, how new portals have led to the creation of new kinds of media (ex. web series), as well as the socio-economics of streaming. We’ll also watch shows from Issa Rae’s Awkward Black Girl to Ted Lasso to gauge who’s included, who’s excluded, and who benefits from the current streaming tv boom.

Credits 1

Notes
From time to time, departments design a new course to be offered either on a one-time basis or an experimental basis before deciding whether to make it a regular part of the curriculum. Last offered Fall 2022.

Division
Social Science

Compass Attributes
Social Science