Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Pete Fraser (Chair, Media Education Association) outlines changes to the curriculum at GCSE and A level that may threaten the future of Media and Film Studies. He outlines the context for these changes and describe the precarious position in which the subjects find themselves.
Sonia Livingstone LSE Keynote address to the MeCCSA conference in Bournemouth 2014. Please use the comment section below if you would like to contribute to the debate or submit an article to the next issue of Three-D. You can also read the discussion on the MeCCSA list. There’s no one answer to the question, ‘Where are we now?’ Indeed, the first act of any media …Continue Reading
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the MeCCSA 2014 conference! Check out our live blog to see highlights from the conference as it unfolded, or visit us on Twitter via @MeCCSA2014 & #MeCCSA2014 and on Facebook. Our conference programme and book of abstracts are still available. Update: The full text of Sonia Livingstone’s keynote address, ‘Media studies: where are we now?’ is now online. Conference stats Abstracts …Continue Reading
Three-D, issue 21 (PDF, 3.1 Mb) In this issue: 1 And now we’re working to contract (Einar Thorsen) MeCCSA Annual Conferences & Features 2 MeCCSA 2014: Media and the Margins (Dan Jackson) 3 Future Annual Conference Hosts Features 5 Tackling ownership at a snail’s pace (Des Freedman & Justin Schlosberg) 8 Green or gold? The implications for …Continue Reading
Sarah Allen-Reading British Universities Film & Video Council Founded in 1948, the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is a charity and membership organisation that aims to advance post-compulsory education and research by putting moving image and sound on an equal footing with text. Currently 82% of UK higher education (HE) institutions are members …Continue Reading
Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg, Media Reform Coalition Right in the middle of the summer, and without much fanfare, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published two documents that set out its plans for the media and communication sectors. Perhaps it thought that no one would notice during the hot weather. The first …Continue Reading
Dan Jackson & Einar Thorsen Bournemouth University Whilst it feels like we have barely emerged from the same winter that contained the MeCCSA 2013 conference held in Derry, we can report that preparations for the next Annual Conference are in full swing. The organising committee have been confirming keynotes, designing websites, negotiating hotel deals and …Continue Reading
Three-D, issue 20 (PDF, 9.54Mb) In this issue: 1 Leveson aftermath & the Royal Charter (Einar Thorsen) MeCCSA Annual Conferences & Features 2 Great conference and lovely time in Derry and Conference report, Derry 2013 (Máire Messenger Davies) 5 MeCCSA 2014: Media and the Margins and Call for Papers (Dan Jackson & Einar Thorsen) Royal Charter & Leveson …Continue Reading
James Curran Goldsmiths, University of London Keynote address to the MeCCSA conference in Derry 2013. Please use the comment section below if you would like to contribute to the debate or submit an article to the next issue of Three-D. You can also read the discussion on the MeCCSA list. Introduction Media studies have been subject to periodic attack by quality newspapers, across …Continue Reading
Dear colleagues – those of you who attended, and also those who couldn’t attend, our 2013 conference in Derry, may be interested in looking at some of the pictures, tweets and responses arising from the event. Many of the sessions were live streamed, and there are recordings and podcasts of some of them, and there …Continue Reading
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