Seminar: The Wireless - AM KuWi II - Details

Seminar: The Wireless - AM KuWi II - Details

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General information

Course name Seminar: The Wireless - AM KuWi II
Course number ANG.05273.02
Semester WS 2020/21
Current number of participants 16
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Wednesday, 04.11.2020 13:00 - 14:30

Rooms and times

No room preference
Wednesday: 13:00 - 14:30, weekly

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Although the term appears antiquated by today, we unwittingly use it, if only in a coinage like WiFi. This course will focus on a time period when wireless broadcasting first came to the British home. We will examine the early history of the BBC, debates concerning its purposes, and its progress towards becoming a national institution. We will also acquaint ourselves, on a basic level, with the technological basis and the look-and-feel during radio's early decades. Finally, we will examine radio on a phenomenological level, focusing on its salient traits, e.g. different programme formats, and functions.

This course will take place in a virtual environment, with a mixture of mostly synchronous sessions and an occasional period of asynchronous self-study.

Studienleistungen:
- Regular attendance and oral participation
- In-depth knowledge of assigned material and preparedness to talk about it
- Short research tasks and their brief presentation in class

Prüfungsleistung:
Production of a Podcast (details to be discussed).

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "AM KuWi II".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
Assignment of courses:

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.