Media studies will equip you with the communication and technology skills needed to succeed in the modern workplace, whether in the media industry or not. It is like history, because the media interpret the past to us show us what has gone into making us the way we are; it is like literature, because studying it requires us to learn and use critical thinking skills; it is like business, because the media are major industries and are inextricably involved in commerce; it is like philosophy, because the media interpret our world, its values and ideas to us; it is like psychology, because the media helps us (mis)understand ourselves and others; it like politics, because the media bring us political and ideological messages all the time – yes, all the time!