Sunday, 7 November 2010

Media Conference notes

David Buckingham: Why do people talk rubbish about Media studies?
<!·         Angry parent accused school of ‘dumbing down’ English by teaching about the Simpsons in class.
>·    ‘Tories to tackle media studies menace ‘– The Independent.
<!·        Independent schools shun subjects like media studies and prefer their studies to take harder academic subject like maths or science. Similarly Elite universities black list media studies as they see it as a ‘mickey mouse‘ subject .
<!·        Mathew Arnold thought that the idea of giving the lower class the opportunity to vote as a threat.
<!·         Frank Leavis thought that studying literature will save the civilistation.
<!·         The U.S media is seen as saving kids from, sex, violence and drugs etc. 

Dan Gillmor – We the media:  David Gauntlett, Sonia Livingstone, David Buckingham, Annette Hill, Micheal Wesch, Dan Gilmor, Henry Jenkingm, Graeme Turner.
Ideas – Keep ideas simple, have a workable concept.
Get Feedback – People, places, props and costumes – check them out, get it done early, rehearse and prepare, share contact details for those involved.
Equipment – Practice using it.  

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