AS/A2 Media Studies - Revision Resources

This site provides a good overview of the AQA syllabus and covers some similar topic areas to us. Depending on your level of study (AS/A2) it's worth a look. Remember if you use any of the information to indicate where you got it from, they've put a lot of work into their site and of crse it's the polite thing to do!

http://www.nlsmedia.co.uk/main/media-as/resources/med2-advert.htm

AS/A2 Revision Resources Summer 06

A website that presents some good links for revision purposes.

Follow the menu for the relevant modules

http://www.allisonmedia.net/School/A_level_index.htm

AS Media Studies

Public Information Advertising

The following link is excellent for understanding how a campaign is planned. It is timed for the notorious Christmas drink driving period. You also have access to their resources;TV ad, radio ads and leaflet/poster campaign. These resources have also been saved to your W drive Media folder.

http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/drinkdrive.htm

AS Media Studies - Advertising and Marketing

Branding

Some good links to help you with Branding. Some of this also relates directly to your study of Levis.

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC30820/launderette.html

http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/temp/db2003.pdf

Positioning and Placement of Adverts

This link can help you with some of the work we have been doing on the positioning of adverts in relation to target audiences. Type in a post code and you will find out information relating to the demographics of people living in that area.

How could an advertising agency use this information to position their product?

http://www.upmystreet.com

AS Media Studies - Semiotics good for Advertising (Med 2) and Reading the Media (Med 1)

Follow this link, a bit dense for AS perhaps, but persevere it's good for analysing still images

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Students/nnr9501.html

A2 Media Studies Theory/Issues (Globalization)

A broad definition of globalization. Use the links below to research the topic in addition to the work you will complete in class.

Links:

www.hamburger-bildungsserver.de/global/allgemein/tetzlaff-121.html

A2 Media Studies Marxist Perspectives

It is important to be able to view texts from a number of perspectives for Med 4, 5 and 6. Some links that might help you understand this stance are provided.

Hegemony and ideology are particularly useful concepts, but all pages are worth a read (honest!)

Link:

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/marxism/marxism.html

A2 Media Studies Audience and Effects

A hotly debated area, but theorists have lots of ideas on how the messages we receive from the media actually effect us.

Links:

Bahktin and Carnival:

http://www.bahktinandcarnival



Effects Model:

http://www.theory.org/resources/media/effects

A2 Media Studies Representation Med 4

The disabled are one of the groups you will be examining.

Dr Lynne Roper of Stirling University outlines e few ways of examining the representation of disability in the media:

http://www.mediaed.org.uk/posted_documents/DisabilityinMedia.htm


This is a useful set of resources outlining how the DFEE are seeking to encourage small businesses to cater for disabled consumers:

http://www.disability.gov.uk/campaigns/offer/

Some good background particularly on theories (see social vs medical model) and the history of disability in the media

http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/

A2 Media Studies Genre

Some information narrative structure that is not exclusive to, but valuable for Med 4 Genre.



http://www.frame24.co.uk/articles/chienandalou.html

A2 Media Studies:Women in the Media/ Theory/Issues (Feminist theory and gender)

Update

In order to help you look at the changing representation of women in the media you could use these links in conjunction with a study of Aliens. The first is a look at Pop-culture in the 80's (and other decades that might prove useful). The second is a direct link to the Offical Alien movies web site.

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/80/80pop.htm

http://www.foxhome.com/alienlegacy/index_frames.html

There are loads of other sites with info about the alien series that should help the contextual side of your study, you don't have to rely just on these!

Useful links for your Med 4 topic of Representation. Look at the evolving representation of women in the media (there are also other areas of wider interest such as the changing representation of men...)

Links:

Theory on the gender in the media:
http://theoryhead.com/gender/

Represenation of women 1950's:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/steve/fifty.htm

Women in film:
http://www.geocities.com/albanystudent/wif.html