[skesh]

Меня стремают темы эссе.
Я настолько уже сошла с ума, что даже не знала, что у боунс, например, уже закончился хиатус. И еще позавчера вроде как вышла новая серия флэшфорварда.
А я не знала. О.о

ауч

1. What are media studies? Discuss the various reasons for studying the media. Which do you think are the most compelling?

2. Since the early 19th century, what freedom has the British press enjoyed and what constraints has it suffered?

3. Given the current pressures of commercial competition, technological change and political criticism, what are the arguments for and against preserving the BBC’s radio provision in its present form?

4. Use the example of television’s development in the UK, to discuss the differences between the BBC and commercial systems in respect of funding sources, programming and audience profile.

5. Explain with examples the difference between community or alternative media and mainstream media, and why these types of media have emerged.

6. Discuss the features of FOUR contemporary media (i.e. media which have been developed contemporaneously with Web 2.0). Say how they
a) incorporate features of older media
b) differ from older media

7. Identify and describe as many instances as you can of photography as a medium. Analyse ONE of these instances of photography by taking into account the relations between producers, consumers, messages and contexts they entail.

8. How do films tell stories? Have they always done this?

9. Consider news in TWO different media from any period in history. How is the news different/similar in terms of its (presumed) audience and the messages it creates in each case.
10. How can the media contribute to the idea of a ‘public sphere’? Analyse ONE post-eighteenth-century medium in particular to demonstrate your point.

11. Compare and contrast TWO different approaches to media. Present the benefits and/or lack of benefits of each approach in terms of what they can tell us about media’s messages, producers and consumers.