themediablog



a brief moment of respite in a typically busy day

A Word From the Staff

 

This is the initial post in a blog that has the intention of presenting a range of Media Studies and Film Studies materials developed over the 20 years I have been involved in teaching these subjects at AS and A2.

 

Much of this work has been inspired by the students that I have taught and has evolved from implementing the feedback that they have provided for me for each unit over this time.

 

Film and Media is a fantastic subject for study.  Each day the drive to work provides a wealth of material in adverts and radio items that link current daily issues that impact upon us all to the theory we are exploring in the lessons and provides relevant material to hang the work on.

 

Any study of the media is a study of the culture we inhabit and the way in which we both understand it and the manner in which it shapes who we are.

 

The key to a successful [and interesting] study of the media is to take the materials covered by this blog and apply them to your own daily encounters with the media that saturates us all.

peace