RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nbc, Music Hall, Audiophile
27 Mar 2017
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Make sure you can relate every part of media history back to these themes! Social change (e. g. demographics & civil rights) The iphone is the digital jukebox, cell phone screens are the size of screens in 1948. We take from things that work and dismiss things that don"t work (e. x. Mixture of dissimilar entertainment elements, chosen to appeal to the widest possible audience. Got new audiences excited for the strange new media when first unveiled to the public. Convergence - tv, computer, calls i pads. Societal forces/ trends (eg. baby boom, civil rights) Broadcast history giving future producers an invaluable resource of concepts, ideas, formats, styles and to learn tricks of the trade living memory. A show with a mix of acts without a central story. Acts chosen to appeal to the broadest possible audience. Shows held loosely together by recurring elements (characters, gags, mcs, djs)
