links


 * __Links__**

National Newspapers:

[|www.thesun.co.uk] - The Sun Newspaper

[|www.mirror.co.uk] - The Mirror Newspaper

[|www.guardian.co.uk] - The Guardian Newspaper

[|www.dailymail.co.uk] - The Daily Mail

[|www.independent.co.uk] - Independent newspaper

Local Newspapers:

[|www.birminghammail.net] - Birmingham Evening Mail

[|www.birminghampost.net] - Birmingham Post

Community Publications:

[|www.theasiantoday.com] - The Asian Today newspaper

[|www.desixpress.co.uk] - Asian Entertainment publication


 * __Media Studies Theory:__**

http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse.html - This site provides extra guidance for GCSE study.

[|http://www.mediaedu.co.uk] - Media Studies site for teachers and pupils, created by examiners

[|OCR GCSE Media Studies] - go to the examining board's site to download past papers and get extra guidance!


 * __Talent:__**

Find ways to show off your talent. BBC and Channel 4 are always searching for new talent in the media. Get involved!

[|BBC New Talent]

[|I Report - Produce news reorts for CNN]


 * __TV News:__**

Sky News [|www.sky.com/skynews]

BBC News [|www.bbc.co.uk/news] [|Pathe News] - An Archive from 1898 - 1970 of British archive news footage.

[|www.cnn.com] - The global station CNN


 * __Magazines:__**

Here are a list of magazines based in Birmingham:

[|www.streetcredmagazine.com]


 * __Film:__**

The latest movie trailers [|www.apple.com/trailers]

[|www.filmeducation.org] - Get involved with the study of films!

[|www.moviem.co.uk] - Get the latest movie news by email!

[|www.play.com] - buy cheap DVDs to boost your film collection

[|www.imdb.com] - The Internet Movie Database allows you to find out anything about anu film, ever!


 * __New Media:__**

[|www.facebook.com] - sign up to the social networking site

[|www.myspace.com] - get your own online presence

[|www.blogger.com] - sign up for your own blog!

[|www.astonfm.com] - Aston FM is committed to working with different communities in Birmingham [|www.unityfm.net] - Birmingham's only Muslim-led radio station 24/7!
 * Radio:**

[|www.cvcr.co.uk] - Castle Vale Community Radio

[|www.heartfm.co.uk] - 100.7 Heart FM

[|www.brmbfm.co.uk] - 96.4FM BRMB

[|www.newstyleradio.co.uk] - 98.7 FM Afro-Carribean Community Radio [|www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/local_radio] - 95.6FM BBC WM

[|www.digitalgalaxy.co.uk] - Galaxy 102.2FM

[|www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork] - BBC Asian Network


 * __Getting Involved!:__**

[|www.createdinbirmingham.com] linking up all of Birmingham's creative people!

[|abc.org.uk]
 * __Miscellaneous Links:[[image:http://www.mediaedu.co.uk/page155/files/blocks_image_0_1.jpg width="122" height="104" align="right" caption="links"]]__**

This site provides consumer magazine data such as circulation figures, price, genre sales, etc.

[|aber.ac.uk]

Daniel Chandler's outstanding website for Media Studies at Aberystwyth University. Good for developing a further understanding of theory.

[|aber.ac.uk on TV & Film terminology]

[|absoluteandy.com] Find all sorts of TV Ads using this excellent site

[|acland burghley media studies website] - Another school's Media Studies website

[|adflip.com] Excellent source of TV ads [|advertisingarchives.co.uk]

A remarkable company that provides access to 50,000 searchable images online. Their archive contains a wide range of print artefacts including British and American press advertisements from 1850 to the present day; TV advertising: British TV stills dating from the very first transmitted advert to the latest campaigns; magazine covers; cinema posters; postcards; posters; cigarette cards; labels; catalogues; menus; scrap books; comics and children's annuals; TV programmes; cartoon characters and superheroes. The hyperlink should take you to their image gallery.

[|aerial telly British TV reviews] - Find out what people are saying about what's on TV!

[|allisonmedia.net] An excellent site for those wishing to tackle both KS4 and KS5 Media Studies

[|alluc.org] Free films, series, ads - in fact, all you can see!

[|andrew moore / universalteacher.org.uk] Studying feature films. [|archive] - This is an outstanding site for downloading text, audio and moving image resources that you can analyse and edit.

[|ARKive.org] is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of U.K. and the world's endangered habitats and species - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003.

The main ARKive website [|www.arkive.org] is designed for a variety of users (11 years old and upwards). Its content consists of one of the largest collection of wildlife and environmental films and images that can be viewed for free, and is relevant to a wide range of science and geography subjects in primary or secondary schools and up to university standard (all can be downloaded free of charge).

[|Planet ARKive] is for children aged 7-11, and designed to make life science learning and environmental education a widely enjoyable experience. It fits in especially well with learning about living things in their environment, the habitats and ecosystems of the world. Again it is free and fun to use.

[|ARKive Education] is for teachers and other educators - and offers downloadable briefings, lesson plans and project ideas to support curriculum learning targets. It too is free to use. [|audacity] An excellent and free audio editor and recorder.

[|auteur] The premier online resource for Media Studies. The website is under construction but their customer service is excellent. They produce tailor-made revision guides for Media Studies that are comprehensive, constructive and challenging.

[|barb] Broadcasters Audience Research Board

[|bbc Film Makers' Guide]

[|bbc Guide to Comedy]

[|bbc online disability magazine]

[|bbc learning - media studies]

[|bbc on voices] around the the UK

[|bbc writers' room download archive]

[|bbfc.org.uk] Find out about film certification and censorship using this site.

[|behind the camera]

[|bennettongroup.com]

[|beonscreen.com]

Beonscreen.com is the UK's no 1 site for enabling people to take part in their favourite tv shows. It has also revolutionised the way television researchers find participants/audiences/guests. [|bfi] British Film Institute. An excellent site which incorporates an online media glossary.

[|bfi Film and Media schemes of work]

[|bfi media glossary]

[|bfi media studies]

[|bfi on disability]

[|bfi on Teaching & Learning Strategies]

[|BRAD sample pages] BRAD breaks down the audiences of magazines, newspapers and radio, etc. into social groups and gives magazine and audience profiles for advertisers. Occasionally, you can get old copies of BRAD from advertising agencies. New ones are very expensive.

[|breaks and beats] The UK Television Advert Music Database

[|british library sound archive]

[|british pathe] Over 3500 hours of downloadable news footage.

[|century films]

Century Films create innovative, hard-hitting documentaries and dramas for all the major UK broadcasters, with sales to many international channels. Their work is distinctive, challenging and inventive - and above all, compelling.

They are renowned for producing award-winning work that gives a fresh angle on difficult subjects.

By applying an innovative approach to our films, they push the boundaries of documentary and drama production. They aim to relate intelligent, true stories that really grip and move audiences. [|Channel4]

[|Channel 4 4Learning] - Breaking the News - giving pupils the opportunity to take part in creating the news!

[|Channel 4 Ideas Factory, Talent & Opportunities]

[|citizenshipfoundation]

The Citizenship Foundation is an independent charity which aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community through education about the law, democracy and sociey

[|Collins Education] An excellent list of links put together by Peter Wall, the Chief Examiner for GCSE Media Studies [|Community Media Association] - Access to the media for people and communities. Welcome to the Community Media Association - bringing you news, information, services and a gateway to community media organisations in the UK and world wide. [|convivial.com on video production]

[|creative archive licence]

[|Crime.netfirms.com] - exploring semiotics and representation in relation to crime reporting.

[|Crimeculture.com]

[|cross-media entertainment] This blog shares Christy Dena's research into Cross/Trans/Multi-Platform/Media Storytelling/Entertainment. It is about storyworlds that are experienced over more than one medium and arts type.

[|cultsock] The definitive reference site for AS & A2 Media and Communication Studies.

[|cyber film school]

[|dcs education] A provider of some excellent Media Studies resources.

[|documentary modes]

[|dvd rentals]

[|educating for justice films presents SWEAT]

[|education.apple.com on video production]

[|EMI Group] EMI is the world's largest independent music company.

[|english and media centre] A cross-discipline site for English and Media with lots of useful resources and links to in-house magazines.



[|englishbiz on semiotics]

[|ephinx.com]

An excellent site that provides access to TV Ads such as Orange Mobile, Smirnoff Ice, Celebrity & Film Endorsements

[|examinations timetable online] An excellent resource by Modernisation Online

[|facebook] The new [|MySpace]

[|film analysis guide] - Yale University, USA

The Film Analysis Guide was developed to meet the needs of faculty and students at Yale who are interested in becoming familiar with the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema. The user can either read the complete document or search out a particular topic of interest. Related links within the Guide are provided as appropriate, as are links to film clips illustrating the topic or term in question.  [|filmeducation.org]

[|film, media and drama] Online Teaching and Learning Resources at Oxford University

[|film network]



A BBC site that allows you to watch new short films from a range of genres. It also gives you the option of sending in your own short!

[|film network's filmmaking guide?]

[|film philosophy] [|film ratings This Film Is Not Yet Rated]

[|film studies at Southampton Uni]

[|firstlightmovies] Want to make your first movie? Check this site out for practical advice + competitions you can enter.

[|flamingtext.com] An excellent place to find some sophisticated and unique fonts to help you create impressive artefacts.

[|freedictionary.com] A free online dictionary, thesaurus and much more.

[|genderads.com] Good for researching the representation of gender in advertising

[|genre theory] An Introduction by Daniel Chandler

[|grammar of TV and Film by Aber]

[|green cine German Expressionism]

[|guardian unlimited] A University Guide to Media Studies and related subjects

[|guardian unlimited on cyber cinema]

[|hatads.org.uk] Gender & Advertising

[|horror film history] An outstanding guide to the horror film genre across the decades by Karina Wilson

[|horror movie trailers on eSplatter]

[|lff.org.uk] London Film Festival Teaching Resources. An excellent site loaded with useful resources.

[|interpellation]

[|intute Communications, Media and Culture]

[|itp downloads] Excellent resources you can download for free!

[|itunes]

[|itv guide on tv advertising rates]

[|justthink.org] A closer look at media representations of social issues including democracy, health, violence, racism, role models and self-esteem.

[|katpad] An excellent site targeted at helping students studying AS and A Level Media Studies. Film Studies link.

[|katpad on gangster genre]

[|king's school, winchester] A useful links page.

[|knowledgehound.com on video production]

[|library of congress (USA)]

[|litnotes.co.uk] New Media Studies resources

[|logocities.org] Logo Cities is an ongoing research/creation project addressing signage, branding and lettering in public space, with a particular focus on the city of Montréal.

[|longroadmedia.co.uk] An interesting new site for A Level Media and Film Studies with lots of useful resources, students' work and links.

[|MCS] Daniel Chandler on Media at Aberystwyth University.

[|macdevcenter.com on video production]

[|make your own movie with Moving Voices]

[|marlowmedia] This site offers useful KS4 and KS5 content for Media Studies. Marlow Media's 'useful links' page has an outstanding array of links to other valuable sites. Its designer has used drop down menus to group information into more accessible topic areas.

[|media and english with mr draper] at Acton High School and Centre for Media Arts

[|media awareness network] A Glossary of Terms

[|mediaed] This site is funded by BFI Education.

[|mediaed.org on audience theory]

[|mediaed.org on gender & advertising]

[|mediaed.org on mise-en-scene]

[|media education association] A grassroots teachers' organisation that has received funding from Ofcom, UK Film Council and DfES. [|media guardian] An excellent source of current information on Media, New Media and Jobs in the Media.

[|mediahistory] Find out about developments in the media through history.

[|mediaknowall.com] A recommended web guide for staff and students exploring WJEC Media Studies.

[|medialit.org]

[|media magazine]

[|media resources center] - university of california, berkeley

[|mediasauce.org] Hopefully this site is still available.

[|mediasmart.org.uk] The media literacy initiative for UK primary school children, focused initially on advertising. [|media studies' links] This is part of NGfL (National Grid for Learning).

[|mediastudies.com]

[|mediauk.com]

[|MIGS Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies]

[|MIT Communications Forum]

[|moodle] Open source virtual learning environment.

[|moving history] A guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector

[|mrhaycocks.com] An Art, Media, Animation and Music site. [|musicovery.com] Free access to a range of music on the Internet

[|myspace] A social networking website

[|myspace film]

[|national media museum] in Bradford, West Yorkshire

[|natmags.co.uk] Pick a magazine title and get info on brand positioning/ values, core buyer, ratecards, etc. [|NEWI on Narrative in Media]

[|newsfilm online] Newsfilm Online is planned to be one of the most exciting resources to be offered to Higher and Further Education in the UK. 3,000 hours of television news and cinema newsreels, taken from the huge collection of the ITN/Reuters archive, is to be made available online in high quality format for teaching, learning and research. Newsfilm Online will be a gateway of unmatched richness to nearly one hundred years of news, from the 1910s to the present day.

[|nostalgiacentral.com] [|online communication studies resources] - university of iowa, usa

[|online dictionary of the social sciences]

[|online journalism review]

[|parksidemedia.net] Excellent school-based Media Studies website; this school has excellent Media links with primary schools.

[|pbs.org] An interactive resource good for looking at representation and bias in the media. Use simple techniques to make a for or against ad...

[|podcasts] Instructions to help you receive your first podcasts! Podcasts are files that are broadcast from a website to iTunes. To access the files you have to subscribe to the podcast - this is free.

[|poppolitics] Villains and Heroes - narrative over news

[|posterwire.com]

[|poynter online] //'Everything you need to be a better journalist'//

[|prospects.ac.uk] Explore different types of jobs connected with Media

[|raindancefilmfestival.org on video production]

[|retouching] : photoshop tutorial on basic model retouching

[|richmond upon thames college video library] Excellent for finding copies of films and programmes that have been on TV

[|rinf.com] Alternative News Media - an amazing site which has tonnes of audio and visual streams of alternative media

[|rm41.com] An excellent new site focusing o Art, Media & Animation

[|robert symth school] An excellent school site aimed at raising results in Media & Film Studies

[|scope]

[|screenafrica.com]

[|screen online]

[|scriptorium] Lots of static TV ads

[|script smart] The Script Smart tool is a set of Microsoft Word templates for writers to format their scripts using industry-recognised layouts. Script Smart was created by the BBC.

[|simpsons archive]

[|sitcom.co.uk] Masses on history of right through to those currently in production and even links to getting tickets to watch recordings of sitcoms

[|sitcom guide Who Killed the British Sitcom]

[|BBC on SitComs]

[|BFI on SitComs]

[|northallerton college on sitcoms] [|schome.ac.uk] New education system for the information age using Teen Second Life. A pilot is being run by the Open University (with NAGTY, the Innovation Unit, and BECTA )and 100 Gifted & Talented students. [|senses of cinema] An online journal devoted to discussion of cinema

[|sounds of los angeles become audio for Collateral]

[|spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk] An excellent page providing really useful links to key areas and websites in Media.

[|steve baker's media studies site]

[|studymedia.co.uk] A very clear site to support A Level Media Studies.

[|students' british board of film classification] This site is aimed at media and film studies students and teachers covering the topics of Media Regulation and Censorship in the UK. The site was designed and is maintained by the British Board of Film Classification. [|sublime anarchy Gus Van Sant's] //[|Elephant]//

[|teach-ict.com] An excellent source of advice for those wishing to brush up on their computing skills.

[|teaching media literacy] A hoard of useful resources.

[|teenage magazine arbitration panel] The Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel (TMAP) is the magazine industry's self-regulatory body which ensures that the sexual content of teenage magazines is presented in a responsible and appropriate manner.

[|tellyAds.com] TV ads. We love ’em. But why sit through hours of telly just to catch your favourite? We’re collecting as many current UK commercials as we can, so you can watch the ones you like when you want to watch them. We launched in September 2006 and since then we've delivered 1,284,825 views of commercials. [|TES Community / Message board]

[|TES Newsday] - All sorts of advice on newspaper production

[|theory.org.uk] David Gauntlett's ingenious and imaginative approach to social theory and popular culture.

[|trailers Dave's Trailer Page]

[|tv-ark.org.uk]

[|typepad] Latest blogging resources.

[|urbis.org.uk] in Manchester

The new Urbis Learning programme is designed to appeal to educators of children at both primary and secondary level, with some workshops appropriate for post-16 learners. The core focus at Urbis is now Manchester, Media and Citizenship and these three strands are at the heart of each aspect of the new learning provision.

Please feel free to call us on 0161 605 8205 or email learning@urbis.org.uk, as we can tailor our workshops to meet specific requests. We guarantee to engage learners of all ages in this exciting new educational programme. [|youtube.com] A download site for moving images, tv adverts, clips, etc.

[|visit4info.com] TV ads galore

[|VTC wales] Julie Danson's impressive collection of media resources focusing on image analysis

[|wikipedia media] An emerging Media Studies reference site with managed content.

[|wikipedia film theory] - a brief explanation of film theory to further your reading

[|wildscreen.org.uk]