Reading list and wider opportunities

 I read about the MM52 media magazine and it shows how there's a lot in the media that we can get information from. The magazine talks about the politics, ideology, power, and the media, where it shows how the media producers are trying to produce and get more information on diverse ideas. In addition, they talk about the BBC archive, which gives me an idea on what BBC produced and how it was in the media history, which is interesting as it shows the past news and how was social media like back then. An example of this could be the interviews with Martin Luther King, Orson Welles and Muhammad Ali. Furthermore, it also tells me about the great of British commedy, politics and literature, which shows how the media has changed throughout as well as the history in society.

Also, it gives me information of the case for global film where the whole concept of film is artistic and creativity, showing how the industry and culture have changed and developed as well as the wide group in the film industry such as the Hollywood and their dominance in the industry for a long period of time. In addition, they talked about the debate to make films in different language to give the idea of diversity for audience to make it global.

I also wanted to get the Media theory for A level book as I feel like it would allow me to learn and gain more knowledge about the theories that I will be covering in media. It would also help me with understanding each theories and to be able to apply those theories in exam questions as well as explaining it properly.

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