Glued to the Screen: TV Shows, Norms, and CultureSemester Course

Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture, Semester Course
Major Discipline(s)
Communication, Film Studies, Media Studies
Type
Elective Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

From broadcast syndication to Netflix binge watching, our experience with television is dynamic and evolving. Yet, what persists is its power to reflect and shape our societies’ sexual norms, race relations, class divisions, and values in general. This course introduces the notion of TV as a cultural forum, a social regulator, and a social critique. Using examples from American and European (mostly Scandinavian) television, we analyze how TV operates by working through social issues, and how TV shows mirror societal concerns and assumptions.

Faculty

Morten Egholm

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

Ph. D., Film Studies, University of Copenhagen, 2009. Cand. mag., Scandinavian Studies, Film and Media Theory, University of Copenhagen, 1997. Associate professor in Danish Language, Literature and Culture, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2002-2006. Has written several articles in Danish, English and Dutch on film history, Scandinavian film, Danish literature, Danish theatre, and Danish and American TV series. Editor (2010-2015) of and peer reviewer (2015-) for the film journal Kosmorama. With DIS since 2008, since January 2012 as full time faculty.