B020710 - HISTORY OF RADIO AND TELEVISION

Outlines of Radio and Television History in Italy: narratives, broadcastings, media interactions

Bibliography:
1. F. Monteleone, Storia della radio e della televisione in Italia, Marsilio, Venezia (last edition) only these parts:
Chap. I: “La grande strada dell’etere” / Chap. III: “La parola elettrica” / Chap. IV: “La parola autoritaria” (only § 1, 2) / Chap. V: “La folla domestica” (only § 2, 4) / Chap. VI: “Voci in guerra” (only §1, 2 , 4, 5) /Chap. VII: “Dagli alleati alla democrazia” (only § 1, 2, 3) /Chap. VIII: “Radio italiana” (only § 4, 5) / Chap. IX: “Vedere a distanza” (only § 1, 2) / Chap. X: “Il magico occhio luminoso” (only § 3, 4, 5, 6) / Chap. XI: “Ribalta accesa” (only § 4, 6) / Chap. XII: “Anni di piombo” / Chap. XIII: “Nel mercato elettronico” (only § 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) /Chap. XIV: “Restate in ascolto” / Chap. XV: “Una difficile transizione” (only § 1, 2, 3, 15, 17, 18)
2. P. Valentini, Televisione e gioco. Quiz e società italiana, Archetipo, Bologna 2013
3. D. Cardini, La lunga serialità televisiva, Carocci, Roma 2004
4. Filmography: alla radio and TV broadcastings examinated during lessons and indicated in the program must be well known and could be a question during the exam Students should watch and listen again each radio e tv program using link in e-learnign Platform.

The course provides a historical knowledge on the evolution of radio and television, and offers tools for analysis of radio and television broadcasts and for the understanding of audiovisual language and the cultural study of the relationship between media, and in particular between radio, television and film.

The course requires registration to the Moodle e-learning Platform; the key entry will be announced at the beginning of the lessons. The study materials published therein, and in particular the links to movies, are an integral part of the study program.
The course B020710-History of radio and television is a single course of 12 credits (72 hours). Students of previous years (courses of Storia e analisi del linguaggio cine-televisivo, Storia della radio e della televisione, Storia e critica del cinema 2, etc.) should contact the teacher and agree on a specific program once assessed the study plan and frequency. Non-attending students will be not admitted to the final exam if they didn't agree a special program with the teacher during front desk hours.

Lectures, screenings and listening to audio and video documents, depth study materials on Moodle e-learning Platform.

The course, as required by DM 17, need attendance certificated on the register of signatures: for access to examination students must have gained at least 75% of lessons i.e. 54 hours). The exam consists of a written test on 3-4 open questions. For sufficiency it is compulsory to answer all. Anyone wishing to take the exam in oral form should agree a written report with the teacher.

Prof. Paola Valentini
B020710 - Storia della radio e della televisione (72 hours/ 12 cfu)
Course Degree Dams – Year 2015-2016

Program

Institutional part: Outlines of the history of radio and television in Italy
- The complex and plural identity of medias and the notion of the media system - the media landscape and the development of communication the late nineteenth century.
- From wireless telegraph to radio broadcasting - Guglielmo Marconi - The birth of Uri and radio as a music box.
- From URI to EIAR. Genres and languages in classical radio broadcastings: variety show (the case of Quattro moschettieri), radio dramas (L’anello di Teodosio).
- Radio and Fascism: information and comments (Il discorso della battaglia del grano, Cronache del regime) and propaganda (the radio for children: Il cantuccio dei bambini, Il giornalino del fanciullo). The radio during the war and the case of Radio Londra
- Radio and Liberation (Italia combatte, Le avventure di Cico e pallina, Vi parla Alberto Sordi).
- From radiovision to TV - 1954: The television boom (Sanremo) - The "pedagogical TV" (L’amico degli animali, Una risposta per voi, Telescuola, ....).
- The programs that have made the TV: the quiz show from Lascia o raddoppia to Rischiatutto. The variety show: the birth of the genre and of the language of television (Un, due, tre, Studio uno, Canzonissima). The romance TV novelization: Promessi sposi
- The radio after the birth of television (Il microfono è vostro, L’Approdo, Clausura) - 70s: monopoly and oligopoly by the phenomenon of free radio (Radio Sicilia Libera, Radio popolare, Radio Alice, etc.). The radio reorganization of Piccioni(Alto gradimento, Chiamate Roma 3131, Bandiera gialla).
- The great technological changes: color, cable, remote control, satellites - The case of Tele Biella - The Rai reforms: by Law 103 to Mammi Law - The emergence of private broadcasting (I sogni nel cassetto, Mondialito, Sentieri, Dallas).
- From "paleotelevisione" to neotelevision (Portobello, Domenica in, Pronto, Raffaella? Non è la Rai, Drive in). Quiz and game show: the great investment of commercial TV in the era of the Internet.

Monographic part: Characters and dissemination of seriality in the Italian television
- Aesthetics of repetition and series in modern industrial society. Social functions of fiction and genres of television series: series (sitcoms, anthology, spin off) and serials (soap opera, soap opera, mini-series, long series or continuous serials).
- Serialization and television as library and reprocessing of the iconographic heritage: from Pinocchio (G. Antamoro, 1911) to The Adventures of Pinocchio (L. Comencini, 1972) through Disney.
- The penetration of US TV series in the Italian television: from Rin Tin Tin (1954) to Happy Days (1974). The Italian TV show: Racconti dell’Italia di ieri (1961). Analysis of Il tenente Sheridan. Buio alle otto (1959) and of Le inchieste del commissario Maigret. Un Natale di Maigret (Mario Landi, 1965). The sitcom: Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca (Lina Wertmuller, 1964)
- The Italian serialization and novelization of Romance. Analysis of la cittadella (Anton Giulio Majano, 1964), Il segno del comando (Daniele D'Anza, 1971) and Geminus (Luciano Emmer, 1969)
- The second and third Golden Age of US television drama from Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), Miami Vice (1984-1989), É.R. (1994-2009), to Twin Peaks (1990-1991) and 24 (2001-2010)
- The new television epic: the continous series. The telenovela and creations of Gilberto Braga: La schiava Isaura (1976) and Dancing Days (1978). Analysis of Terra nostra (1999-2000) e Un posto al sole (1996).
- The serial nature of the endless soap opera: Irna Philips and Agnes Nixon. The spread in Italy: from Dallas (1978-1991) to Beautiful (1987-).
- Anomalies in the Italian TV market: the Nineties and the production of Italian fiction. The miniseries from La piovra (1984) to the case Montalbano. Analysis of Gli arancini di Montalbano (Alberto Sironi, 2002). The case of Distretto di polizia(2000).

Bibliography
Bibliography:
1. F. Monteleone, Storia della radio e della televisione in Italia, Marsilio, Venezia (last edition) only these parts:
Chap. I: “La grande strada dell’etere” / Chap. III: “La parola elettrica” / Chap. IV: “La parola autoritaria” (only § 1, 2) / Chap. V: “La folla domestica” (only § 2, 4) / Chap. VI: “Voci in guerra” (only §1, 2 , 4, 5) /Chap. VII: “Dagli alleati alla democrazia” (only § 1, 2, 3) /Chap. VIII: “Radio italiana” (only § 4, 5) / Chap. IX: “Vedere a distanza” (only § 1, 2) / Chap. X: “Il magico occhio luminoso” (only § 3, 4, 5, 6) / Chap. XI: “Ribalta accesa” (only § 4, 6) / Chap. XII: “Anni di piombo” / Chap. XIII: “Nel mercato elettronico” (only § 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) /Chap. XIV: “Restate in ascolto” / Chap. XV: “Una difficile transizione” (only § 1, 2, 3, 15, 17, 18)
2. P. Valentini, Televisione e gioco. Quiz e società italiana, Archetipo, Bologna 2013
3. D. Cardini, La lunga serialità televisiva, Carocci, Roma 2004
4. Filmography: alla radio and TV broadcastings examinated during lessons and indicated in the program must be well known and could be a question during the exam Students should watch and listen again each radio e tv program using link in e-learnign Platform.

Part-time students
Part time students, if they did not attend, they must substitute the hours of attendance by adding the text P. Valentini, Presenze sonore. Il passaggio al sonoro in Italia tra cinema e radio, Le Lettere, Firenze 2007 (everything except: Introduction - Chapter 2 - Chapter 6).

Prerequisites:
The course requires registration to the Moodle e-learning Platform; the key entry will be announced at the beginning of the lessons. The study materials published therein, and in particular the links to movies, are an integral part of the study program.
The course B020710-History of radio and television is a single course of 12 credits (72 hours). Students of previous years (courses of Storia e analisi del linguaggio cine-televisivo, Storia della radio e della televisione, Storia e critica del cinema 2, etc.) should contact the teacher and agree on a specific program once assessed the study plan and frequency.

Examination Methods
The course, as required by DM 17, need attendance certificated on the register of signatures: for access to examination students must have gained at least 75% of lessons i.e. 54 hours). The exam consists of a written test on 3-4 open questions. For sufficiency it is compulsory to answer all. Anyone wishing to take the exam in oral form should agree a written report with the teacher.

Class schedule and front desk:
Monday 13:00-15:00, Tuesday 13:00-17:00, Wednesday 13:00-15:00 (Class 8, Via Capponi 9, ground floor). In October there will be a special calendar (published on Moodle) for the schedule overlap with another course.
Front desk Wednesday 11-12.45 Dip.to disas (via Gino Capponi, 9 - Room 8, 1st floor).
Students are invited to look frequently at web messaging for any changes.