Make notes and use for discussion on music videos
The Specials – Ghost Town – Top of the Pops July 1981
How is the 80s viewed
Citizen Kane – How to Run a Newspaper Scene (3/10) | Movieclips
Understand the background an context of newspapers and Hearts Industries
BBC iPlayer – The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
Watch the programme of Rupert Murdoch’s influence on world events and the dramatic personal battle for power at the heart of his own family.
Watch It’s A Sin | Stream free on Channel 4
Watch the TV drama ‘It’s a Sin’ on 4oD to consider how gender, sexuality and moral panic was seen in the 80s.
📖READ
Non-Fiction
- Power Without Responsibility(7th Ed) – J Seaton & T Curran
- Invisible Womenby Caroline Craido Perez
- Essential Essays, Volume 1: Foundations of Cultural Studiesby Stuart Hall
- There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jackby Paul Gilroy
- A Theory of Narrativeby Rick Altman
- Media, Gender and Identityby Dadvid Gauntlett
- Visual and Other Pleasuresby Laura Mulvey
- Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media collideby Henry Jenkins
- Mythologiesby Roland Barthes
- The Looming Tower: Al-Qaueda and the Road to 9/11by Lawrence Wright
Fiction
- Grimm’s fairy tales snow-white and the seven dwarf.
🎧LISTEN
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- BBC Radio 4 – The Media ShowListen to an episode of The Media Show on the BBC Sounds App
- BBC Sounds – Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James – Available Episodes
Become a regular listener to the BBC Radio One Breakfast Show – listen to at least one episode a week to become familiar with the running order and the style/genre of show - Episodes – How Do You Like It So Far?Listen to an episode of ‘How Do You Like It So Far?’ – this podcast series is co-hosted by Henry Jenkins, and covers a wide variety of Media topics
- The News Agents | Podcast on Spotify or The News Agents – YouTube
Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host an award-winning daily news podcast: The News Agents.
🔍RESEARCH
History of Video Games
- Research into the history of videogames – create a visual display on either Photoshop or Canva for each generation – including key games, hardware, characters, and industry figures.
Journal Articles
- Read a journal article from one of the theorists from the A Level course to further your understanding of their work.
- You can search for names, and it will come up with a wide variety for each theorist.
History of Radio
- Research the history of radio. With a specific focus upon the UK and BBC radio.
- Consider the technology itself, but also how the industry has adapted and evolved as newer forms of audio and AV media have been introduced.
- How has Web 2.0 culture affected radio?
