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Books, Articles & Reports

Technopoly

30th May 201930th May 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments

TECHNOPOLY is a report from the think tank ResPublica which looks at current trends around Big Tech and what needs

Institutions & Technology

New Media

29th May 201912th June 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments media studies, new media

New Media is often a key topic in a Media Studies course and yet it is often difficult to know

FEATURED Language & Meaning

Genre

17th May 20193rd June 2020 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments genre, media language, media studies

The genre may be considered as a practical device for helping any mass medium to produce consistently and efficiently and

Institutions & Technology

Institutions

27th April 201912th June 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments media institutions, media studies

What does ‘institutions’ mean? It is worth remembering that unlike other creative subjects (for example, photography, fine art, music, drama

FEATURED Language & Meaning

Language of Moving Image

20th April 20198th September 2020 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments language of moving image, media language, media studies

Overview In this post I will look at some of the conventions and key terminology associated with moving image. It

Language & Meaning

Semiotics

18th April 20193rd June 2020 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments media language, media studies, semiotics

In Brief: Semiotics is a key theory that underpins Media Studies as well as other cultural, linguistic and communications studies

Books, Articles & Reports Institutions & Technology

Media Manifesto 2019

19th March 201928th April 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments

A new report from the Media Reform Coalition A report looking at the concentration of ownership taken from this site: https://www.mediareform.org.uk/media-ownership/who-owns-the-uk-media

Language & Meaning

Media Language: The Language of Print

12th January 201919th May 2020 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments language of print, media language, media studies

When you start a new subject of study the first element that you must consider is the idea that there

Audiences & Consumption Books, Articles & Reports

Ofcom research: An Introduction

11th January 201918th April 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments

A good way to get students thinking about Media Studies, both those who are new to the subject and those

Books, Articles & Reports

New News Trends

29th September 20171st March 2019 michaelmckinlay 0 Comments

This year’s report reveals new insights about digital news consumption based on a YouGov survey of over 70,000 online news