1. Ability to understand and assimilate television from an academic perspective. 2. Knowledge of the main theories and methodologies in the study of television. 3. Ability to apply various theories and methodologies to the production of television programs. 4. Understanding the social function exercised by television and its importance for the understanding of contemporary cultural change. 5. Ability to accomplish a medium-sized research in the field of Television Studies.

I. Television, Culture and Society. II. Introduction to Television Studies. III. Technology and the History of Television. IV. Television and History. V. Five or Six Things to Know About TV in Spain. VI. Television Institutions and Authorship. VII. Television Audiences: Consumption and Fandom. VIII. Television, National Identity and Globalization.

1. Theoretical classes. 2. Practical exercises. 3. Homework.