Film and Media Studies 262 - Television Without Borders: TV Flows Across the World

Desperate Housewives in Argentina? The O.C. in Turkey? Sherlock in the United States? Television defies national borders more than ever. Although TV has travelled around the world for a long time, the rules have changed since the early 2000s. The increasing popularity of format adaptations, new centers of production, new technologies of circulation--such as online streaming platforms--open up new waves of television flows. As television globalizes, content creators try new ways to export and adapt content. By providing exposure to a diverse television content "flowing" around the world, FMS 262 helps students gain insight into the globalization of popular culture. (E)