Media Studies

Content: The media particularly film, television and new media are our primary sources of information and entertainment.  They are important channels for communication and cultural exchange.  Powerful media imagery enables us to understand and express ourselves as Australian and global citizens, consumers, workers and imaginative beings.  The media also provides a means to connect with and learn about our own and other cultures and practices. Media production and use has always been an evolving field with continual changes in practices and processes.  Students will study Media through the key concepts of design, production and critique.  They will operate in the context of production and use.  Exploration of these key concepts will draw on a range of contemporary media theories, such as technologies, representations, audiences, institutions and languages.

 

Assessment: Student achievement will be assessed according to the three criteria of Design, Production and Critique.