Media Studies

Course summary

This is an exciting course with the intent to develop media-literate students who can critique the media that they encounter on a daily basis. We interrogate the structure and creation of media products, how products are crafted to create meaning, representational issues around stereotyping, and consider how media industries influence and control audience responses. Students will also take a creative element during the course where they respond to a brief through an NEA production. The course pairs well with English, History, Sociology, Psychology, Politics, Photography, and Business and would benefit any student who is interested in media production. What will I study on the course: Component 1: Breadth of Media Products Component 2: Depth of Media Products Component 3: Cross Media Production