This course provides students with a critical understanding of television. It offers a range of themes: TV industry and institutions; TV audiences; news, documentary, entertainment programmes, drama and other TV genres. The intricate relationship between production and reception will be highlighted and critically examined. Students are expected to develop a historical and systematic overview of the function and impact of television, from the tube to online formats.

CILO-1: Identify and describe the job responsibilities in the radio and television news industry. CILO-2: Produce the outlines of different kinds of broadcast news programs. CILO-3: Construct broadcast news and documentary programs. CILO-4: Produce scripts for entertainment, drama and other TV genres.