Might I suggest that some wise websavvy owl set up a forum where we can explore these very pertinent issues - or perhaps one exists that someone can link to?
Email discussion forums are (for a raft of reasons) a pain in the proverbial,
Mike Mason
UoL
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From: Aspects of academic research & teaching within Media on behalf of Geoff King
Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 4:41 PM
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Subject: Re: "Media Studies 2.0" - the future?
It seems to me that the 'differences' outlined between the two are somewhat spurious and, at the very least, greatly oversimplified. One particular version of some aspects of media studies is constructed as something of a straw man to then be bashed. The development of new media forms can, indeed, highlight some aspects of media and media study that can be applied more widely, but this seems like a rather crude polarization. Much of what is listed under the second 'good object' heading is and/or has already been done in 'old' media studies in plenty of cases.
And it's hardly patronising to believe that, yes, many students do need to be taught how to critically read media. There's virtually nothing of that covered in popular media itself, as David Gauntlet claims; not real critical/analytical reading. And I think it's probably amply clear to most who teach in this area that many students come to us very lacking in ability to read critically in any sustained manner. Airily to dismiss this would seem to be an abrogation of one of our basic tasks.
geoff king
brunel university
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From: Aspects of academic research & teaching within Media on behalf of Annette Casey
Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 8:22 AM
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Subject: "Media Studies 2.0" - the future?
On the OCR media studies email forum there has been some interesting
discussion in the past few days about this article, which may be of interest
to the MeCCSA list:
http://www.theory.org.uk/mediastudies2.htm
David Gauntlett outlines 'Media Studies 1.0', the traditional version, and
then 'Media Studies 2.0', which seems to be a kind of orientation fully
taking on board digital media, and the fact that many people can make it,
which then changes everything else and challenges conventional 'expertise'.
Interesting. Some teachers argue they're already doing this, others are
horrified about the possible loss of the old model that they're comfortable
with...
Annette Casey
http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sass/
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