10MDS - Media Studies

10 Digital Media Literacy

We are surrounded by media: from the videos we watch,  the videos we stream, the social media we engage with, the advertising we encounter. Year 10 Digital Media Literacy will help students to think critically about all the images and text we are being exposed to everyday. With a focus on the gaming industry, we will unpack and write our own gaming narratives, as well as examine the representations in games and some issues in the NZ gaming industry. Other topics will explore how the media is used to promote propaganda and conspiracy theories as well investigate the implications of media technologies like artificial intelligence. Practical production skills will be touched on throughout the course, which will culminate in creating a podcast.

• Media audiences - how are media audiences impacted by violence?

• Media in society - propaganda and conspiracies

• Media industries - the gaming industry, narrative and representation

• Media production - designing, producing and editing a podcast