Year 12 Media Studies
Year 12 Media Studies
Useful Links
2.1 Television Audiences
A site that keeps an eye on what's going on in NZ television. Mainly blogs.
A break-down of who owns what in NZ and whether that's good.
A link to the PDF of the article by Bill Rosenberg that we read in class.
A nice little summary of arguments for and against commercial ownership of media.
Similar to the above site.
Background information on what they are and how they measure audiences.
Resources put together by the Broadcasting School looking at whether the values communicated on NZ news shows have changed over time.
The NZ Television Broadcasters' Council site has a focus on TV advertising and reports on things like top rated shows (for TVNZ, Mediaworks and Maori TV).
2.3 Representations of Mental Illnesses
A newspaper article interviewing one of the stars of the recent ads the impact it's had on his and other people's lives.
This site has heaps of the TV and radio ads from this campaign (the ones we did in class plus other ones as well). The rest of the site is also worth a look if you are looking to extend your answers towards Excellence.
John Kirwin Interview on Youtube
An interview from Close Up about his ads - really useful and only six and a half minutes long.
Background on what a 'stigma' is and how it comes largely from the media.
Another American site which has a similar campaign to the 'Like Minds, Like Mine' one.
