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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 17 Nov 20 4.34am
When I was in University in the 1980's, Media Studies was ridiculed as a sham Degree. Scholars learned by library books and the printed press, and TV and radio. How situations have changed. Access to internet, multiple news channels, facebook, and photo-shopped photos have completely changed the discipline. I am reading an excellent book (mostly pictures) by Hockney and Gifford."History of pictures". In the book is a photo of a milkman delivering pints through the rubble of The Blitz. The authors note that the milkman was in fact the photographers assistant, who donned the milkies costume for the photo. "don't believe everything at face value" So, in my opinion, Media Studies has gone from a joke Degree to a pivotal education in the space of 30 years. George Orwell was under-rated, and he under-estimated Government influence on the populace by an order of several magnitudes. Discuss, or critique the above. I disengage, I turn the page.
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When I was in University in the 1980's, Media Studies was ridiculed as a sham Degree. Scholars learned by library books and the printed press, and TV and radio.

How situations have changed. Access to internet, multiple news channels, facebook, and photo-shopped photos have completely changed the discipline.

I am reading an excellent book (mostly pictures) by Hockney and Gifford."History of pictures". In the book is a photo of a milkman delivering pints through the rubble of The Blitz. The authors note that the milkman was in fact the photographers assistant, who donned the milkies costume for the photo. "don't believe everything at face value"

So, in my opinion, Media Studies has gone from a joke Degree to a pivotal education in the space of 30 years. George Orwell was under-rated, and he under-estimated Government influence on the populace by an order of several magnitudes.

Discuss, or critique the above.

I disengage, I turn the page.

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Badger11 Beckenham 17 Nov 20 8.31am
We need engineers, scientists, doctors. and people with language skills (see my post about the SOAS London). How many respected journalists have a media studies degree? Yes we live in an interesting world with fake news and who is manipulating it and for what reason. However I don't think it's a good degree for a career. They can always read the threads on here and Stirlingsays and WE can put them right. One more point
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Beckenham 17 Nov 20 8.31am

We need engineers, scientists, doctors. and people with language skills (see my post about the SOAS London).

How many respected journalists have a media studies degree?

Yes we live in an interesting world with fake news and who is manipulating it and for what reason. However I don't think it's a good degree for a career.

They can always read the threads on here and Stirlingsays and WE can put them right.

One more point

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 17 Nov 20 10.26am
Nothing in the Humanities is valued at all anymore. STEM has been shoved down an eager audience's throat for years now. Consider this: would you or anyone else be better off if you could see straight through the flimsy transparency of supposed 'truth' in the media? What purpose would that serve? Lastly, would the government think that worthwhile? Better off to just take your medicine and live with it. Particularly in these uncertain times. If your medicine is the Internet, then so be it. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 17 Nov 20 10.26am

Nothing in the Humanities is valued at all anymore. STEM has been shoved down an eager audience's throat for years now.
Consider this: would you or anyone else be better off if you could see straight through the flimsy transparency of supposed 'truth' in the media?
What purpose would that serve?
Lastly, would the government think that worthwhile?
Better off to just take your medicine and live with it. Particularly in these uncertain times. If your medicine is the Internet, then so be it.

Red and Blue Army!

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Harborough Eagle Market Harborough, Leicestershire 17 Nov 20 10.27am
I think you will find that every company...even the small ones have a person allocated for their media coverage across all online platforms. You may not like it but its here to stay and so they should at least go on courses or have a media degree (for the bigger companies.) The company I work part time for has less than 20 employees and has one person responsible and is active everyday across social media not just advertising but also comment with customers and audience. However I do agree that we need more Doctors etc. When I was young the arts were seen as a soft option but now in these days of lockdown and nothing to do but watch telly...what would we be doing if there was none? I think we would miss netflix etc so I for one will not complain about the arts. Originally posted by Badger11 We need engineers, scientists, doctors. and people with language skills (see my post about the SOAS London). How many respected journalists have a media studies degree? Yes we live in an interesting world with fake news and who is manipulating it and for what reason. However I don't think it's a good degree for a career. They can always read the threads on here and Stirlingsays and WE can put them right. Red and Blue though and through (more than 50 years)
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I think you will find that every company...even the small ones have a person allocated for their media coverage across all online platforms. You may not like it but its here to stay and so they should at least go on courses or have a media degree (for the bigger companies.)
The company I work part time for has less than 20 employees and has one person responsible and is active everyday across social media not just advertising but also comment with customers and audience. However I do agree that we need more Doctors etc. When I was young the arts were seen as a soft option but now in these days of lockdown and nothing to do but watch telly...what would we be doing if there was none? I think we would miss netflix etc so I for one will not complain about the arts.

Originally posted by Badger11

We need engineers, scientists, doctors. and people with language skills (see my post about the SOAS London).

How many respected journalists have a media studies degree?

Yes we live in an interesting world with fake news and who is manipulating it and for what reason. However I don't think it's a good degree for a career.

They can always read the threads on here and Stirlingsays and WE can put them right.

Red and Blue though and through (more than 50 years)

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 17 Nov 20 10.40am
Bad form,.....to reply to your own post. However, language skills are are huge part of progressing your career. Not just vocabulary, but also speaking like a Toff. I met a journalist I actually respected for his accuracy to report a story. And He was from the SE London Press. I have met others who manipulated a story to get more page space. I don't know anyone who has a recent Media Studies Degree, so I'm pi$$ing in the wind with this topic. All career choices can be corrupt. I have witnessed a few meetings where illegal activities have been activated. Whistle-blow and your career is over. I would just like journalism to be less of "My Harvey is over-weight" or "look at my tlt$", and more about investigative journalism that actually exposes criminals Recent examples of $hlt journalism include Colin Stagg, Chris Jefferies. But hey, it gets the headlines I disengage, I turn the page.
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in a hidey-hole 17 Nov 20 10.40am

Bad form,.....to reply to your own post.

However, language skills are are huge part of progressing your career. Not just vocabulary, but also speaking like a Toff.

I met a journalist I actually respected for his accuracy to report a story. And He was from the SE London Press. I have met others who manipulated a story to get more page space.

I don't know anyone who has a recent Media Studies Degree, so I'm pi$$ing in the wind with this topic.

All career choices can be corrupt. I have witnessed a few meetings where illegal activities have been activated. Whistle-blow and your career is over.

I would just like journalism to be less of "My Harvey is over-weight" or "look at my tlt$", and more about investigative journalism that actually exposes criminals

Recent examples of $hlt journalism include Colin Stagg, Chris Jefferies. But hey, it gets the headlines

I disengage, I turn the page.

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becky over the moon 17 Nov 20 2.48pm
Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly Bad form,.....to reply to your own post. However, language skills are are huge part of progressing your career. Not just vocabulary, but also speaking like a Toff. I met a journalist I actually respected for his accuracy to report a story. And He was from the SE London Press. I have met others who manipulated a story to get more page space. I don't know anyone who has a recent Media Studies Degree, so I'm pi$$ing in the wind with this topic. All career choices can be corrupt. I have witnessed a few meetings where illegal activities have been activated. Whistle-blow and your career is over. I would just like journalism to be less of "My Harvey is over-weight" or "look at my tlt$", and more about investigative journalism that actually exposes criminals Recent examples of $hlt journalism include Colin Stagg, Chris Jefferies. But hey, it gets the headlines Not that b***ard that referred to me as an 'old lady' in the bomb article Crap journalist didn't do his homework! A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly

Bad form,.....to reply to your own post.

However, language skills are are huge part of progressing your career. Not just vocabulary, but also speaking like a Toff.

I met a journalist I actually respected for his accuracy to report a story. And He was from the SE London Press. I have met others who manipulated a story to get more page space.

I don't know anyone who has a recent Media Studies Degree, so I'm pi$$ing in the wind with this topic.

All career choices can be corrupt. I have witnessed a few meetings where illegal activities have been activated. Whistle-blow and your career is over.

I would just like journalism to be less of "My Harvey is over-weight" or "look at my tlt$", and more about investigative journalism that actually exposes criminals

Recent examples of $hlt journalism include Colin Stagg, Chris Jefferies. But hey, it gets the headlines

Not that b***ard that referred to me as an 'old lady' in the bomb article

Crap journalist didn't do his homework!

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

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