9MDS - Media Studies

9MDS - 9 Media Studies

We are surrounded by the media: the video we stream, the social media we engage with, the advertising we encounter. Year 9 Digital Media Literacy will help students to think critically about all the images and text we are being exposed to everyday. We sign into Netflix, but do we know how the front page has been personalised for our tastes? We scroll through Instagram, but how is the company behind it making billions from our likes? We swipe through TikTok, but how is it changing our attention spans? In this half year course, students will reflect on their media use and learn about the media industry behind it. We will tackle issues like online safety, privacy, and fake news. There will also be an opportunity to develop practical skills and make a video production.

• Media audiences - examining media use and target audiences

• Media industries - social media and digital citizenship

• News media - how topics are represented and the ethics of the media

• Media production - designing, producing and editing a video