Hello Media Studies

Transferable skills I have already learnt:

  • Planning skills
  • Creative skills
  • Communication

These skills I have learnt will be useful for media studies. From doing GCSE photography it has helped me to be more organized and creative throughout my work although there is still room for improvement. I think that by doing media studies it will help me improve these skills further, especially because media studies is a very creative subject so this will help to develop my creative skills. My planning skills have improved more by doing photography as planning what steps to do next and what our themes would lead us onto was important.

The skills I would like to improve are:

  • Technology skills
  • Organization
  • Time management

These skills above need improving as its easy to get behind and I don’t always use my time as wisely as I should. I also think that by doing media studies it will allow me to improve and develop my technical skills, such as using different software.

 

 

I am a media prosumer

 

 

This is a collage about what media I engage with and the different types of media there are.

I’ve learned that the purpose of media is to…

  • Inform
  • Entertain
  • Social interaction
  • Create a personal identity based on what you are interested in

These types of media above will give the readers opportunities to socially interact (on social media) and also reinforce their own personal identity (this could be shown through their preferred clothing brands), ideologies and beliefs.

Some examples of media included in my collage above:

  • social media
  • Radio
  • TV programmes/films
  • Online shopping
  • Music

Here are some examples of some of the media that I interact with often:

Information – BBC news, Radio 1, The times

Entertainment – Netflix, Instagram

Social interaction – Snapchat, Instagram, Messenger

Personal identity – Zara, New look, Dizzee Rascal, Loyle Carner

This will help me think about what people are interested in, so when we make our magazines it will allow me to make it not only interesting but focusing on the different aspects on media as well, so I will try to make it informing too.

 

 

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