Università Roma Tre

The course aims to illustrate the evolution of the forms, of the themes and of the creative processes of contemporary TV storytelling, with particular reference to TV series. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the ways in which contemporary TV storytelling has changed as a result of a new environment, characterized by the intensification of transnational flows, by the increased number and diversification of TV content providers, and of the diffusion of new viewing practices.
Upon successfully complete the course, students will have acquired an in-depth understanding of contemporary TV series market, of the factors determining the success of some productions as well as their enhanced capability to act as popular narrations that effectively represent social reality, its actors and processes.