Media Studies

Course summary

An understanding of the media is essential to inform the decisions we make in today’s world. If you are interested in the following questions, then Media Studies might be the subject for you. What impact has the internet and social media had on audiences and the media? Should we be worried that the vast majority of media companies are owned by a very small number of people? How far is it possible to represent reality on screen or in the news? Media Studies engages students in the in depth study of media products in relation to the four areas of the theoretical framework: media language media representation media industries media audiences. Students are required to study media products from all of the following media forms: audio-visual forms (TV, film, radio, advertising and marketing, video games and music video) online forms (social and participatory media, video games, music video, newspapers, magazines, advertising and marketing) print forms (newspapers, magazines, advertising and marketing). What it can lead to It can lead to careers within a wide range of media industries including television, radio, film, magazines, news and journalism, advertising, marketing and online media.