Spring 2025 Film GU4953 section 001

Reality Television

Call Number 18256
Day & Time
Location
R 10:10am-12:40pm
511 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Racquel Gates
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course focuses on the origins, form, and social relevance of reality television. Specifically, the course will examine the industrial, economic, and ideological underpinnings of reality television to gesture toward larger themes about the evolution of television from the 1950s through the present, and the relationship between television and American culture and society. To this end, the class lectures, screenings, and discussions will emphasize (but are not limited to) topic of race, gender, sexuality, and class. 

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 48 students (65 max) as of 1:31PM Friday, January 17, 2025
Subject Film
Number GU4953
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Note Undergrads must register for Film GU4956 Reality TV Discussi
Section key 20251FILM4953W001