Critical Response Assignment 1
How to Look at Television
Author(s): T. W. Adorno Source: The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Spring, 1954), pp. 213- 235 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1209731 Accessed: 15-03-2017 00:02 UTC
Choose a television series with which you are familiar. It may be a current show or an old one, and any genre is fine, as long as you know the show well. Now write a 4-5 page critique of your chosen show specifically using the main arguments that Adorno employs in his appraisal of the television medium in his chapter, How to Look at Television. Be sure to provide specific and concrete examples in your analysis.
Paper guidelines:
minimum 4 pages (not including works cited/references page)
no works cited page required
double spaced
12 pt font
NO cover page!
Critical Response Assignment 2
Critical Response Paper – Free Time
Assignment Readings:
Free_Time_Theodor_W._Adorno.pdf
(Theodor Adorno)
Your Free Time Isn’t Free (by Shivani Radhakrishnan, The Wall Street Journal)
In Defense of Leisure (by Christine Emba, The Wall Street Journal)
Critical Response Paper:
Read Adorno’s final chapter “Free Time” followed by the two articles from the Wall Street Journal. Write a 5 page critical response examining how Adorno’s views on leisure time align with or contradict the opinions of the Wall Street Journal writers. Be sure to include your own point of view, indicating which approach to the concept of free time most appeals to you. Support with examples.
minimum 5 pages (not including works cited/references page)
works cited or references page (MLA or APA)
double spaced
12 pt font
NO cover page! NO abstract!
