Introducing: Media Studies; Welcome, class of 2018!

"We spend 1/3 of our lives immersed in the media."--Ziauddin Sardar, "Introducing: Media Studies"

Genres commonly covered by Media Studies:

• Film
• Television
• Music 
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Internet: social media/new media

College programs in Communications or Mass Communication are other names for Media Studies. The fields of Journalism and Film Studies are connected to Media Studies on the artistic side. Media Studies is also connected to Technology, Cultural Studies, and Sociology on the more scientific end. Much of Media Studies is influenced by Political Science, Psychology, Economics, Philosophy, and Education. They're all related.

This course focuses on the content, history, artistry, and philosophical issues the discipline encounters. You will be asked to write creatively, of course, but also to study, learn, and critically think about the role of Media in our lives and culture. How, for example, media influences us.

Our major units will include:

• Journalism
• Creative Non-fiction
• Film
• Graphic Novels/Cartoons
• Photography
• Television
• New Media

Please watch the following PREZI about our course.