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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

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

Brilliant stuff!

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Labels: Myths, New Media Technologies, Spelling, Texting, Writing, Young People

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A2 "The past isn't what it used to be: the troubled homes of Mad Men"

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A2 A Wiki with thousands of links and posts for "flow" and "immersion"

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A2 Grand Theft Auto IV Links

Martin Irvine from Georgetown University on Postmodernism
A Case Study of the game by Rebecca Lord and well worth reading!
IMDB user reviews
Example Posts for Flow and Immersion
GTA Forums

A2 Media - Relating Theory to Production

Ben Medler on Video games and much more
English and Media's Julian McDougal on relating theory to practice
Jump Cut
Media Studies 2.0 blog
Media Theory

A2 Film and TV Links

Slant Magazine's reviews of "Deadwood"
Basket of Kisses - a Mad Men blog
AMC TV - MadMen official site
The House Next Door
Broadcastnow
Internet Movie Datbase - THE starting point for researching Film and TV
Museum of the Moving Image - articles and video essays by leading US scholars

AS Film Research Links

3D FILM PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ARTICLES OF INTEREST
UK Film Council Weekly Statistics for Film Releases etc.
Pearl and Dean Business
UK Film Council
Film Freak Central Blog
Film Freak Central
Bigger Picture Research - fantastic movie information and links
The Numbers - a key site for finding out facts and stats on films
Film Detail - a great weblog by Ambrose Heron
IMDB - a great place to begin your research
TCM - various information on films

AS and A2 Useful Links

6th Form Noodle
BBFC- helpful for censorship and film
Beauchamp College Media
Bromsgrove Media Foundation
Cross Media Ownership
English, Media and Film Studies
Get ahead OCR Media
Get Ahead OCR Media - Key AS Concepts
Hurtwood House - Music Video examplars
King Alfred Media Studies - useful for Music Programmes on TV and other elements of the AS and A2 courses.
LC Media Foundation Portfolio
Longroad's Music on TV blog
Longroadmedia - a leading college for Media and Film Studies
Media Edu - You will need a password
Media Literacy- statistics, analysis and much more
Media Magazine (You will need a password)
Media Studies Islay
Mediaknowall - concepts such as narrative, etc.
Mr Ford's Media Blog
Mr Smith's Media Blog
OCR Pete's Blog
OCR's Virtual Media Studies
Ofcom - a key site for research reports on the use of technology
The Internet Movie Database - the first stop when researching films
Yale's excellent resources on film language

AS Film Poster Websites

Just Creative Design - How to create a film poster
Well Medicated - Horror Posters
Impawards

AS UK Film Production / Distribution Companies

BBC Films
Film 4
Hogarth Pictures
UK Cinemas and Distributors
UK Film Production Companies and Studios
Vertigo Films
Working Title Films

AS Film Distribution

Pearl and Dean - Business Entrance
Movie Marketing Update -helps with how distributors market movies
Film Distribution The Facts - a good blog on film distribution
Film Distributors Association - facts and figures on film distribution in the UK and USA
Screen Daily - and industry website useful for data
An Introduction to Distribution
The UK Film Council's Prints and Advertising Fund
Wingate Films - for current info on film distribution

AS Major Media Companies Ownership - Useful for Media Convergence

Columbia Journalism Review - a guide to who owns what. Use the menu
Disney - company overview
Free Press . Net - Ownership Charts of Media Ownership
NBC Universal
News Corp. - owns FOX
Sony Pictures
The Merchants of Cool - analyis of media institutions and their ownership
The Power of Media Conglomeration - a blog that comments on this issue
This page has a graphic overview of media ownership
Time Warner
Time Warner - company overview
Viacom

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