Publisher's Synopsis
"Introducing Media Studies" is a series of booklets which provide a way into Media Studies for pupils of 12-16. The booklets have been designed to meet a variety of needs in the context of English, Art and Humanities classes, and each in complete in itself, but the topics can be linked to provide a framework for a more ambitious syllabus. The aim is to combine information on professional practice with do-it-yourself experience, so as to lead to an understanding of how the mass media operate, as production processes and as industries.;This book provides an introduction to the ownership, readership, production processes and editorial policies of the national and local press in the United Kingdom.