understanding media

Downloads

The handouts, worksheets, exercises and PowerPoint presentations from each week's class will be made available throughout the module.

Week 1
Module Handbook (pdf, 456 KB)
Week 1 lecture (ppt, 2653 KB)
Questionnaire (doc, 55 KB)
The Meanings of 'Media' exercise (doc, 21 KB)
Using the Module Forum worksheet (doc, 29 KB)

Week 2
Week 2 lecture (ppt, 957 KB)
A Different Matrix exercise (doc, 24 KB)
The Matrix, scenes 2-3 (pdf, 366 KB)
The Matrix, scene 12 (pdf, 282 KB)
The Matrix, scene 13 (pdf, 413 KB)
The Matrix, scene 18 (pdf, 325 KB)
The Matrix, scene 20 (pdf, 341 KB)
Case Study Cover Sheet (doc, 135 KB)

Week 3
Week 3 lecture (ppt, 847 KB)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer exercise (doc, 21 KB)

Week 4
Week 4 lecture (ppt, 7886 KB)
Monomyth exercise (doc, 46 KB)

Week 5
Week 5 lecture (ppt, 2452 KB)
Sex and the Stereotype worksheet (doc, 26 KB)

Week 6
Week 6 lecture (ppt, 932KB)
Audiences Debate worksheet (doc, 32 KB)
Debate pro text 1 (pdf, 172 KB)
Debate pro text 2 (pdf, 145 KB)
Debate pro text 3 (pdf, 255 KB)
Debate con text 1 (pdf, 141 KB)
Debate con text 2 (pdf, 177 KB)
Debate con text 3 (pdf, 53 KB)

Week 8
Week 8 lecture (ppt, 1389KB)
Spot the Difference worksheet (doc, 20 KB)
The Times, broadsheet (jpg, 432 KB)
The Times, compact (jpg, 224 KB)

Week 9
Week 9 lecture (ppt, 12628KB)

Week 10
Week 10 lecture (ppt, 11024KB)
Shampoo Planet exercise (doc, 400 KB)
Shock Advertising exercise (doc, 21 KB)
David Starkey, Chasing Shadows reading (pdf, 828 KB)

Week 11
Week 11 lecture (ppt, 5949KB)
Celebrity exercise (doc, 23 KB)
Classroom or Cave exercise (doc, 29 KB)
Module Evaluation Form (pdf, 456 KB)