The 1970s
lecture in DCU
course
Social
History and TV Drama
taught by Dr
Helena Sheehan
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What forces shaped network television in
the 1970s ?
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What was behind the "relevancy craze" ?
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To what extent did the sitcom bear the stress
of social upheaval in this decade ?
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In whay ways were the parameters of television
drama being pushed out in other genre ?
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Was there a serious crisis of legitimation
in american society ?
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If so, what part did tv drama play ?
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How to characterise the dominant historiography
of the historical drama of this period ?
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How did the new breed of police, private
investigators, lawyers, politicians and journalists evolve through this
decade ?
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How did the vietnam war come into play ?
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How were gender, race and class represented
?
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Were mechanisms of co-optation at work ?
How ?
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Why did so much public controversy surround
rte drama in the 1970s ?
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What fault lines in irish society were thrown
into sharpest relief in these controveries ?
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Was RTE
at its most daring in this decade ?
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What were the dominant themes, modes of characterisation
and patterns of resolution in international television ?
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What were the distinctive features of this
decade ?
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What were / are the strengths and weaknesses
of liberalism ... and what does this have to do with tv drama ?