Media/Film/Tv Studies

Course summary

Media Studies helps you to develop critical skills surrounding current media issues and debates. It also includes the chance to produce your own media products. The course is concerned with cultivating an understanding of the mass media (television, the press, advertising, video games and online) and their role in society. It looks at how the media represents people and issues based on a close and extensive study of a range of media products. We also consider how audiences are targeted and why audiences engage with particular media texts. The course also endeavours to develop your communication and critical skills across a variety of media.