Two topics are offered for Fall 2016. Students may take one or both for credit. Section A1: Broadcasting Horror. Examines the censorship of horror; horror's relation to sound; the aesthetics of TV horror; horror and genre mixing; the serialization of horror; broadcast vs. cable horror; and the violence of horror. Pre-req: COM FT 303. Also offered as COM FT 554. Section B1: TV Genres and Fandom. TV programs have huge fan bases, whether cult audiences, fanboys and fangirls, or X-Philes and Trekkies. Using scholarship on reception theory and fan studies to explore multiple television genres and their connections to enduring varities of fandom. Pre- req: COM FT 303. Also offered as COM FT 554.