Telme240 American Soap Operas (Senior+) 2008 MIT
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MIT
CMS.603 / CMS.995
(Spring 2008) Instructor: Sam Ford Level Undergraduate / Graduate
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Tuning into soap operas has become a daily ritual for television watchers around the world. (Image courtesy of flickr user the jof.)
Course Description
The television landscape has changed drastically in the past few years;
nowhere is this more prevalent than in the American daytime serial
drama, one of the oldest forms of television content. This class
examines the history of these "soap operas" and their audiences by
focusing on the production, consumption, and media texts of soaps. The
class will include discussions of what makes soap operas a unique form,
the history of the genre, current experimentation with transmedia
storytelling, the online fan community, and comparisons between daytime
dramas and primetime serials from 24 to Friday Night Lights, through a study of Procter & Gamble's As the World Turns.
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