Media/Film/Tv Studies

Course summary

This course offers learners the opportunity to develop a thorough and in depth understanding of key issues affecting the production and distribution of contemporary media products. Using a comprehensive theoretical framework and a variety of advanced theoretical approaches and theories to support critical exploration and reflection, students will engage in the analysis of a range of forms and debate regarding audience consumption. You will work from the product outwards to debate key critical questions related to the social, cultural, political, and economic role of the media. Through studying media products holistically in relation to all areas of the theoretical framework, you will engage with the dynamic relationships between media products, media industries and audiences. You will also consider established media forms alongside more contemporary forms, developing an awareness of emerging and evolving media. Although the primary emphasis in this specification is on the contemporary media, you will explore how the products relate to their wider historical contexts. You will also extend their experience of the media through the study of products with which they may be less familiar, including those produced by or for a minority group, non-mainstream, and non-English language products. This specification aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the transnational nature of the media.