An intro to media studies

1. Sameenah Ahmed 9H1
Lesson 1
Title: What is Media Studies?
By the end of the lesson:
All Must – research, understand key media concepts (main tasks)
Most will – analyse key concepts (extension 1)
Some will- evaluate key concepts (extension 2)
Main Task 1 - Answer the following questions
1. What is media studies? Write a short definition.
…media studies is the study of the variety of ways
communicating with large audiences using technology
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2. Write down between three and five different ‘media areas’.
Some examples of different media areas are television, films,
radio, newspapers, blogs and
magazines………………………………………………………………
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3. Write down the four expectations for Media Studies lessons
Follow academy rules at all times
‘Monitors off’ means monitors off
Key Words
 Media Studies
 Media areas
L/O’s:

2. Stay silent when the teacher is talking
Maximum effort at all time
Main Task 2
Research the history of the following media areas and record 3 key
facts in the boxes below (e.g. date invented or first used, key
people/organizations, important advances). The first one has been
done for you…
Films
Television
Key Media Areas
Plenary: Self-evaluation
TV
1. First British TV broadcast: 1932
2. First broadcasts made by the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
3. Early Television Broadcasting
technology was developed by
Scottish engineer, John Logie Baird
Radio
1. The first radio that was invented was
in 1810
2. The earliest radio stations were
radiotelegraphy systems and had
no audio.
3. Radio broadcasting comes in many
forms for example, FM and AM.
Internet
1. Vint Kurf and Bob Kahn invented
the internet.
2. Internet was based on the idea that
there would be multiple
independent networks.
3. The domain name system of the
Internet includes top level domains
such as .com, .info, .net, .org,
.edu, .mil and .gov as well as
country specific domains.
Newspaper
Newspapers
Radio
1. In the present day most
newspaper articles can be found
online.
2. Newspapers are normally
published daily or weekly.
3. Some of the content consists of
sports, world news, entertainment
and science.

3. Progress Bar:
- Circle your effort level for today’s lesson.
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WWW:
I think what went well was
that I was able to find
interesting facts and I
completed most of my work.
EBI:
I was able to move on to the
extension.
Progress Bar:
The effort level your teacher has marked you for today’s lesson.
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