Media Studies

Collated materials concerning communication and the media, including publications, theory and organisations.

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    1. Analysis of Kids Commercials

      Investigating some of the techniques used to influence children and some of the possible effects that process may produce. Email link to author.
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      Investigating some of the techniques used to influence children and some of the possible effects that process may produce. Email link to author.

    2. Borkowski PR - Stunt Watch

      Browse an annotated collection of articles by media science professors, applying public relations theory to promotions and public affairs.
      www.borkowski.co.uk

      Browse an annotated collection of articles by media science professors, applying public relations theory to promotions and public affairs.

    3. Construction of Identity in Personal Homepages

      Articles explores the way in which homepage builders present and shape their identity, particularly with reference to young users.
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      Articles explores the way in which homepage builders present and shape their identity, particularly with reference to young users.

    4. Daniel Chandler's Personal Homepage

      Welsh media-educator exemplifying the decisions involved in a web-constructed identity. Images of normality include family photos.
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      Welsh media-educator exemplifying the decisions involved in a web-constructed identity. Images of normality include family photos.

    5. Education Guardian Net Class - Media Studies

      Check out a comprehensive selection of links offering advice and guidance for those interested in studying the media.
      education.guardian.co.uk

      Check out a comprehensive selection of links offering advice and guidance for those interested in studying the media.

    6. Marxist Media Theory

      Guide to the key concepts in the analysis of media power structures from the man from Primrose Hill. Nobly offers both strengths and weaknesses.
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      Guide to the key concepts in the analysis of media power structures from the man from Primrose Hill. Nobly offers both strengths and weaknesses.

    7. Media Influence

      Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman and others consider the influence of the media on society in these readings.
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      Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman and others consider the influence of the media on society in these readings.

    8. Notes on the Gaze

      Offers an overview of the theories of spectatorship and "the gaze" in visual media. Includes a discussion of the work of Mulvey and Berger.
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      Offers an overview of the theories of spectatorship and

    9. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

      Two extreme positions concerning the relationship between language and thought are commonly referred to as 'mould theories' and 'cloak theories'.
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      Two extreme positions concerning the relationship between language and thought are commonly referred to as 'mould theories' and 'cloak theories'.

    10. Theory.org.uk - Gramsci's Theory of Hegemony, Television & Cinema

      Enjoy a paper titled "Can Gramsci's theory of hegemony help us to understand the representation of ethnic minorities in western television and cinema?"
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      Enjoy a paper titled

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