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Today in Media we were analysing newspapers, tabloids and broadsheets, to see the contrast, blah blah blah.
Anyway we were reading through todays front cover and second page of The Sun and suddenly I was suffocated with anger. First of all the front page of the national newspaper, supposedly reserved for breaking news, was the story that Victoria Beckham had her hair cut. WOAH, CANCEL MY 2 O'CLOCK, I BETTER READ THIS. I don't give a damn so much it hurts!
Anyway the second page is the Sun's attempt at squashing world politics into an A4 size square so they can give a three-page spread to Victoria Beckham's barnet. There was a story about a new strain of the TB virus that was rife in Rumania, Estonia and other countries who will be joining the EU in may.
The Sun talked about these disease-ridden people 'flocking' (Excuse me but isn't that a term for livestock, not people? You racist idiots) to England to claim benefits, steal our women, jobs and leech off the NHS costing the taxpayers billions of cash that perhaps they would otherwise squander buying more daily publications containing celebrity gossip and indoctrinating filth.
The racist message obviously wasn't predominant and it was written in a reportive style but basically gave the message "foreigners come to our country", "They are ill so will claim on the NHS", "We pay for the NHS through taxes" - shock-horror the stupid fickle readers put two and two together and dislike immigrants because "The Sun says it will make us poorer and that".
This sort of racist propaganda would be better suited to 1938 Germany to spread the word of the foreign enemy. It is just a matter of time before tabloids are asking us to invade Poland.
I am sickened.
Anyway we were reading through todays front cover and second page of The Sun and suddenly I was suffocated with anger. First of all the front page of the national newspaper, supposedly reserved for breaking news, was the story that Victoria Beckham had her hair cut. WOAH, CANCEL MY 2 O'CLOCK, I BETTER READ THIS. I don't give a damn so much it hurts!
Anyway the second page is the Sun's attempt at squashing world politics into an A4 size square so they can give a three-page spread to Victoria Beckham's barnet. There was a story about a new strain of the TB virus that was rife in Rumania, Estonia and other countries who will be joining the EU in may.
The Sun talked about these disease-ridden people 'flocking' (Excuse me but isn't that a term for livestock, not people? You racist idiots) to England to claim benefits, steal our women, jobs and leech off the NHS costing the taxpayers billions of cash that perhaps they would otherwise squander buying more daily publications containing celebrity gossip and indoctrinating filth.
The racist message obviously wasn't predominant and it was written in a reportive style but basically gave the message "foreigners come to our country", "They are ill so will claim on the NHS", "We pay for the NHS through taxes" - shock-horror the stupid fickle readers put two and two together and dislike immigrants because "The Sun says it will make us poorer and that".
This sort of racist propaganda would be better suited to 1938 Germany to spread the word of the foreign enemy. It is just a matter of time before tabloids are asking us to invade Poland.
I am sickened.
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There's background reading (or at least I would assume so) for english.
Damn, that's a serious disadvantage then, I didn't do that well in A Levels. But of course, the work experience counts for more...
Oh, and I was rather shocked when I heard English students here had around 4 hours a week of scheduled time, while the scientists (computer especially) has 25 this semester. 25!!! And there's background reading - all in the first year.
Oh, and I was rather shocked when I heard English students here had around 4 hours a week of scheduled time, while the scientists (computer especially) has 25 this semester. 25!!! And there's background reading - all in the first year.
Most uni courses are actually just three years of messing around punctuated by about 9 hours in uni each week and the occassional assessment.
Eng Lit really is one of those subjects where you need a decent teacher, get a crap one and people would rather gouge out their eyes than be in the class...luckily where I was out GCSE and A Level one was this old guy who'd lectured at Oxford but was retiring in a few years and had moved back to his home town. It's a good A Level to get if you can because hardly any males take the subject anyway (always thought this a bonus when you're in a class of 14 and only 2 males).
As far as doing media at uni, with little exception just about all courses are about getting a qualification to get some kind of job at the end and in all sectors of work it's pretty competitive to get any graduate job now. Increasingly from what I've heard from my old mates (I had gap year so they have graduated last year) employers are, as far as academic qualifications go, looking at A Level results closely as well because just about everyone applying for stuff has 2.1's or firsts.
Eng Lit really is one of those subjects where you need a decent teacher, get a crap one and people would rather gouge out their eyes than be in the class...luckily where I was out GCSE and A Level one was this old guy who'd lectured at Oxford but was retiring in a few years and had moved back to his home town. It's a good A Level to get if you can because hardly any males take the subject anyway (always thought this a bonus when you're in a class of 14 and only 2 males).
As far as doing media at uni, with little exception just about all courses are about getting a qualification to get some kind of job at the end and in all sectors of work it's pretty competitive to get any graduate job now. Increasingly from what I've heard from my old mates (I had gap year so they have graduated last year) employers are, as far as academic qualifications go, looking at A Level results closely as well because just about everyone applying for stuff has 2.1's or firsts.
I'm going to be doing English Creative Writing OR Journalism course at leeds uni (probably).
Media at A level isn't an A-level its an AVCE (the same as Leasure and Tourism and all those crap ones), but the workload is actually huge, and it isn't easy at all. But I've heard at uni it is an excuse for people to mess about with a camera for three years in the vain hope of gaining a job as a wather reporter on some crappy cable channel.
Anyway, yeah.
I'm not taking English Lit though, I find it too easy and unchallenging, I might have taken it to A level but the teacher was crap so I decided against it. It's a subject that holds a lot of credit though. Its like "Ohh you're an English lit student, how sophisticated." - "Oh you're a media student, clean my car".
Media at A level isn't an A-level its an AVCE (the same as Leasure and Tourism and all those crap ones), but the workload is actually huge, and it isn't easy at all. But I've heard at uni it is an excuse for people to mess about with a camera for three years in the vain hope of gaining a job as a wather reporter on some crappy cable channel.
Anyway, yeah.
I'm not taking English Lit though, I find it too easy and unchallenging, I might have taken it to A level but the teacher was crap so I decided against it. It's a subject that holds a lot of credit though. Its like "Ohh you're an English lit student, how sophisticated." - "Oh you're a media student, clean my car".
Paradox: wrote:
> I agree whole-heartedly, because at degree level media is a doss,
> filled filthy working class people like me.
And the difference between Degree, A Level and GCSE is what exactly ? :D
Actually, at Uni, it's more the "parents have money but can't buy child a brain" type on the course from the ones I've seen and talked to.
If you have a brain, and want to do a useful english course, do literature, or at least language. Anyone who says literature is just about old crap books doesn't understand it.
> I agree whole-heartedly, because at degree level media is a doss,
> filled filthy working class people like me.
And the difference between Degree, A Level and GCSE is what exactly ? :D
Actually, at Uni, it's more the "parents have money but can't buy child a brain" type on the course from the ones I've seen and talked to.
If you have a brain, and want to do a useful english course, do literature, or at least language. Anyone who says literature is just about old crap books doesn't understand it.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> It's likely that all, many or several of the "racists"
> writing for The Sun are the product of Uni Media Studies courses...
I agree whole-heartedly, because at degree level media is a doss, filled filthy working class people like me.
> It's likely that all, many or several of the "racists"
> writing for The Sun are the product of Uni Media Studies courses...
I agree whole-heartedly, because at degree level media is a doss, filled filthy working class people like me.
That *points below* is the most incisive sentence in this whole topic.
Belldandy wrote:
> But, come on, anyone out there feel free to chime in, who thinks
> media is a valued and respected subject that intelligent people do?
I know nothing about any of this, but was just thinking...
It's likely that all, many or several of the "racists" writing for The Sun are the product of Uni Media Studies courses...
> But, come on, anyone out there feel free to chime in, who thinks
> media is a valued and respected subject that intelligent people do?
I know nothing about any of this, but was just thinking...
It's likely that all, many or several of the "racists" writing for The Sun are the product of Uni Media Studies courses...
And Sibs, note the use of the word "TYPICAL" - does it refer to ALL, no, just typical...
Sibs wrote:
> First you make a generalisation about all Media Studies students with
> no evidence to back up your claim, then later moan that someone else
> has made a generalisation about people who read The Sun... well
> done... Belldandy, maybe you should stop being so confrontational
> whenever anyone expresses a view that doesn't agree with your own.
The difference is I'm not putting these points of view into essays...which he is. Evidence? Have you seen what the average Media studies group looks like at Uni?
But, come on, anyone out there feel free to chime in, who thinks media is a valued and respected subject that intelligent people do?
I'm waiting...
> First you make a generalisation about all Media Studies students with
> no evidence to back up your claim, then later moan that someone else
> has made a generalisation about people who read The Sun... well
> done... Belldandy, maybe you should stop being so confrontational
> whenever anyone expresses a view that doesn't agree with your own.
The difference is I'm not putting these points of view into essays...which he is. Evidence? Have you seen what the average Media studies group looks like at Uni?
But, come on, anyone out there feel free to chime in, who thinks media is a valued and respected subject that intelligent people do?
I'm waiting...
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