Media Control and Ownership

Media ownership and 'Thought Control' in UK...watch here

Milliband calls for review of media ownership...watch here

Edinburgh TV Festival: James Murdoch attacks the BBC in MacTaggart lecture ...watch here

BBC Analysis: Murdoch and media ownership in UK...read here

Online Book - 'Getting the message - News, Truth and Power'

Read here

'Why I rioted....'

Interview with rioter, 'not part of the same culture'....

Rioter

And a BBC radio interview with another rioter...


Another rioter!

Social Inequality Info Booklet

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2009-10/sociology/a2-cynnal/testun/testunSaesneg1.htm

Study and Essay skills

Resources on this page are worth a look:

Study and Essay skills

Online Sociology Glossary

You know all them big words you hear in them sociology lessons?  Here's an online glossary that explains their meaning:

Glossary

MEDIA EFFECTS THEORIES

Media audience effects theories

10 Criticisms - Effects model

The Advantages and Limitations of a Focus on Audience in Media Studies:

Here's the link

2 minute videos on...

Hypodermic Needle Theory

Effects of mass media/communication

Issues and effects of mass media/communication

Media - Films and Documentaries to watch

Starsuckers

Weapons of mass deception

Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media

Audio - Noam Chomsky - Propaganda & Control of the Public Mind


2Pac Sociology Lesson


Press ownership and control...

Independent Media In A Time Of War

Part 1 of 3



These three are particulary concerned with political manipulation by the media, clips are from youtube but why not try and watch the whole film, it's unlikely to kill you.

Wag The Dog

Bob Roberts

Primary Colors


Also, The Corporation is worth watching, as is No Logo and The Century of the Self - Episode 4 - Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering