The Media and Propaganda

A great, wide-ranging essay covering the use of propaganda in the media over the last 90 years. /vigilantreport/mind-control-theories-and-techniques-used-by-mass-media/#!prettyPhoto[gallery1]/9/

Keanu Reves on "The Future of Cinema"

This is a good article for understanding how digital technology is affecting film making  everywhere.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/14/keanu-reeves-future-of-cinema

Evernote - the best way for students to organise their notes digitally

Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history

Clay Shirky's analysis of how new media, like Twitter, Face Book, etc. makes audiences increasingly  participatory and not just passive consumers of messages and ideas is important for understanding the impact of Web 2.0 and its heirs. Clay's TED Talk is now three years old yet its relevance and foresight is impressive.

David Crystal on It's Only a Theory debunks myths on text messaging, spelling and writing

Brilliant stuff!

A New Literacy: Making Connections in Electronic Environments

Most young people today are reading and writing more than at any stage before the invention of the telephone, or perhaps even earlier! Web 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0, et al.

Narrative Analysis in Media Studies by Davesgud

With thanks to Davesgud for passing me the link for to his excellent, short You Tube Video on Narrative Analyis. I think A2 students will find it useful for analysing their own coursework and other film texts for narrative.


I am not teaching Media Studies this year. But I will add useful videos and other helpful materials whenever colleagues ask me to do so.