This course provides students with a broad introduction to the study of media practices. Students will be studying and making a range media products in many areas of today’s ever changing modern media industry. While the focus is on making practical media products, such as advertisements, video production work, film and computer game reviews, students will also research the theory behind common media industries such as the newspaper industry, film industry and the computer game industry. The course also follows the very latest events in modern media. The rise in popularity of social networking sites such as YouTube and Facebook, and the success of new media platforms such as the iPhone and on-line media players are also areas that this course covers. Students who want to know how the media industry works as well as wanting to make media products using semi-professional software will be well suited to this course.

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