Spring 2027

Cultural History of Broadcasting

Traces the development of broadcasting as a cultural institution, examining the emergence of radio and television within the context of national identity and globalization.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.44 GPA, 72.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.31 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.07 GPA, 40.9% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify major events, ideas, and institutions from the history of American broadcasting

  • Analyze a range of television and radio programs and evaluate such programs as historical documents with relevance to American cultural, technological, and industrial histories

  • Describe the ways television and radio programs engage issues of class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, region, and nationhood

  • Evaluate primary and secondary sources as historical evidence and determine the range of historical claims such evidence supports

  • Practice the skills needed to conduct historical research and writing

  • Identify and pursue opportunities to contribute to the field of broadcasting history

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Prerequisites

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COM ARTS 250 or graduate/professional standing

COMARTS 450

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.44 GPA, 72.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.31 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.07 GPA, 40.9% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Development of broadcasting as a cultural institution
  • Emergence of radio and television in contexts of national identity and globalization
  • Major events, ideas, and institutions in American broadcasting history
  • Media engagement with class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, region, and nationhood

Skills

  • Identifying major events, ideas, and institutions in American broadcasting history
  • Analyzing television and radio programs as historical documents for cultural, technological, and industrial histories
  • Describing how media engages issues of class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, region, and nationhood
  • Evaluating primary and secondary sources as historical evidence
  • Conducting historical research and writing
  • Pursuing opportunities to contribute to the field of broadcasting history

Grades

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About this comparison

1292 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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