AS/A Media Studies

The dMEC co-ordinates as support network for teachers of the AQA Specification. For details of how to register with the network and receive information of network meetings, please contact karen.larkin@devon.gov.uk

 

Useful websites

Adbusters site: www.stunned.org/adbusters/gallery.htm

This provides a useful support for Module 1 deconstruction and/or Study on Advertising and Marketing for Module 2. It gives a variety of "spoof" adverts

 

Online newspaper directory: www.steddyeddy.demon.co.uk/media

This site gives all the online addresses of all regional and national newspapers who publish online.

 

Film education: www.filmeducation.org

This industry sponsored educational body, have a lot of very useful materials on their site to support various aspects of the Specification

 

Film reviews: us.imdb.com

A useful site for work on Film and Broadcast Fiction among other areas, this site not only has masses of film reviews, it also includes an opportuntiy for online chat with film professionals under the "Ask a Filmmaker" section

 

Script-o-Rama: www.script-o-rama.com

An archive of scripts from both film and TV.

 

OCR Media Studies: www.ital-dev.ucles-red.cam.ac.uk/ocrmediastudies/ 

The official OCR exam board site of the subject - but some useful resources for teachers of other syllabuses

 

Sky resources: www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,0-1010414,00.html

Some interactive resources about the news industry from Sky

 

Teachit resources: www.teachit.co.uk/teachit/mediastd.htm

The media area of the very useful Teachit resources site

 

Useful site: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Functions/mcs.html

This is an excellent site run by Daniel Chandler at University of Aberystwyth (?) Lots of links, student essays etc. (noted by Ian Kendall)

 

 

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