Product Description: This collection re-imagines the study of English and media in a way that decentralises the text (e.g. romantic poetry or film noir) or media formats/platforms (e.g. broadcast media/new media). Instead, the authors work across boundaries in meaningful thematic contexts that reflect the ways in which people engage with reading, watching, making, and listening in their textual lives...read more

Product Description: This is Barthes’ seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies, a key text in cultural and media studies, this volume explores the value these disciplines can add to an understanding of contemporary society and culture...read more

Product Description: There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of producers, consumers and modes of delivery. This has been reflected in the way media is studied with new theories, concepts and practices coming to the fore...read more

Studying Videogames is the first book to look at videogames as media texts. Written specifically for advanced level/undergraduate students it covers a broad range of games, industry contexts, and research findings. The book challenges conventional media-analysis approaches; sets out the history, present, and future of games; and interrogates claims about their "social effects." Featuring student activities, interviews with key players in the industry, and an extended case study of the Grand Theft Auto cycle, Studying Videogames seriously engages with this powerful media.

Product Description: Fully updated to match the latest OCR specification and endorsed by OCR, so you can be sure that this book covers what your students need to know to be successful in their OCR AS Media Studies work. - Brings concepts to life with in-depth case studies and up-to-date examples - Helps your students fully engage with the subject with illustrated in full colour throughout- Gives useful tips on how your students can improve the quality of their production work- Helps students to understand key production techniques with free online resources Also available for purchase are online teaching resources with OCR MEDIA STUDIES FOR AS DYNAMIC LEARNING, offering you even more practical interactive teaching support...read more

Suitable for media teachers, this book guides the initiated and uninitiated alike through the key topic areas that form the core of various specifications. It contains 85 implementable lesson ideas for approaching concepts and content, advice on preparing lessons and guidance on how to assess students' work.

This title contains case studies, activities, points for discussion and examination style questions. It covers all of the 2000 specification core units, including the key skills and practical production elements.