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/ _________________________________________________________________ Exclusive Ed Byrne daily comedy clips on MSN Video http://specials.uk.msn.com/edbyrne/