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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.

Dog Vader

Volkswagon's clever variation on a recent advertising campaign featuring the Imperial March from  Star Wars theme. Definitely post modern!

The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond

Arguments Against Postmodernism

 Dr. Alan Kirby argues that postmodernism is no longer relevant;  he present an argument that "pseudo modernism" makes more sense for people born since 1980 than postmodernism. To understand what he means by pseudo modernism you will need to read Kirby's article from 2006.
http://www.philosophynow.org/issue58/The_Death_of_Postmodernism_And_Beyond