History, Anthropology, Religions

This class will investigate the history of television and its languages from the beginnings till nowadays. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which TV formats are created and evolved, with a specific focus on Italian contexts. The class will be divided into three parts: a first one, in which we will focus both on American and European broadcasting models, with particular attention paid to the Italian public service broadcasting; in the second part, we will refer to the changes of TV formats after the introduction in Italy of a commercial broadcasting system; in the final part, we will focus on the historical development of Italian television during the so-called convergence era.

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Erasmus students and non-Italian speakers can replace the above books with: - Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz, Television Studies (Polity, 2012) - Milly Buonanno, Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea (Intellect, 2012). - Damiano Garofalo, Political Audiences. A Reception History of Early Italian Television (Mimesis, 2016). All students must see (at least) one episode each of the following TV programs. All the shows can be found in free streaming on the digital platform RaiPlay (www.raiplay.it): - Viaggio nella valle del Po (1956, M. Soldati) - L’India vista da Rossellini (1959, R. Rossellini) - La donna che lavora (1959, U. Zatterin) - Giallo club - Il tenente Sheridan (1959, S. De Stefani) - Chi legge? (1960, M. Soldati e C. Zavattini) - Non è mai troppo tardi (1968, O. Gasperini, A. Manzi e C. Piantoni) - Controfagotto (1961, U. Gregoretti) - Studio uno (1961-1966, A. Falqui e G. Sacerdote) - La lunga strada del ritorno (1962, A. Blasetti) - Odissea (1968, F. Rossi) - Il circolo Pickwick (1968, U. Gregoretti) - Quelli della domenica (1968-1975, M. Marchesi et al) - Senza rete (1968-1969, E. Trapani e S. De Stefani) - Canzonissima ’70 (1970, S. Paolini e S. Silvestri) - Il segno del comando (1971, D. D’Anza) - Milleluci (1974, A. Falqui e L. Lerici) - Portobello (1977-1983, E. Tortora) - Fantastico (1979-1982, E. Trapani) - Mixer (1980-1998, A. Bruno, G. Minoli, G. Montefoschi) - Quelli della notte (1985, R. Arbore e U. Porcelli) - Samarcanda (1987-1992, G. Mantovani e M. Santoro) - La TV delle ragazze (1988-1989, Serena Dandini, Valentina Amurri - La notte della Repubblica (1989-1990, S. Zavoli)

Lectures and seminar meetings.

Students who will attend classes will have to do a midterm exam and a final paper/videoessay. Students who will not attend classes will have to do an oral exam.

The lectures will be in-person only.

This class will investigate the history of television and its languages from the beginnings till nowadays. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which TV formats are created and evolved, with a specific focus on Italian contexts. The class will be divided into three parts: a first one, in which we will focus both on American and European broadcasting models, with particular attention paid to the Italian public service broadcasting; in the second part, we will refer to the changes of TV formats after the introduction in Italy of a commercial broadcasting system; in the final part, we will focus on the historical development of Italian television during the so-called convergence era.

None

Erasmus students and non-Italian speakers can replace the above books with: - Jonathan Gray and Amanda Lotz, Television Studies (Polity, 2012) - Milly Buonanno, Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea (Intellect, 2012). - Damiano Garofalo, Political Audiences. A Reception History of Early Italian Television (Mimesis, 2016). All students must see (at least) one episode each of the following TV programs. All the shows can be found in free streaming on the digital platform RaiPlay (www.raiplay.it): - Viaggio nella valle del Po (1956, M. Soldati) - L’India vista da Rossellini (1959, R. Rossellini) - La donna che lavora (1959, U. Zatterin) - Giallo club - Il tenente Sheridan (1959, S. De Stefani) - Chi legge? (1960, M. Soldati e C. Zavattini) - Non è mai troppo tardi (1968, O. Gasperini, A. Manzi e C. Piantoni) - Controfagotto (1961, U. Gregoretti) - Studio uno (1961-1966, A. Falqui e G. Sacerdote) - La lunga strada del ritorno (1962, A. Blasetti) - Odissea (1968, F. Rossi) - Il circolo Pickwick (1968, U. Gregoretti) - Quelli della domenica (1968-1975, M. Marchesi et al) - Senza rete (1968-1969, E. Trapani e S. De Stefani) - Canzonissima ’70 (1970, S. Paolini e S. Silvestri) - Il segno del comando (1971, D. D’Anza) - Milleluci (1974, A. Falqui e L. Lerici) - Portobello (1977-1983, E. Tortora) - Fantastico (1979-1982, E. Trapani) - Mixer (1980-1998, A. Bruno, G. Minoli, G. Montefoschi) - Quelli della notte (1985, R. Arbore e U. Porcelli) - Samarcanda (1987-1992, G. Mantovani e M. Santoro) - La TV delle ragazze (1988-1989, Serena Dandini, Valentina Amurri - La notte della Repubblica (1989-1990, S. Zavoli)

Lectures and seminar meetings.

Students who will attend classes will have to do a midterm exam and a final paper/videoessay. Students who will not attend classes will have to do an oral exam.

The lectures will be in-person only.