Media Studies Conference 2011

Wed 6 - Fri 8 July 2011

BFI Southbank, London

Introduction

A must for all Film and Media Studies teachers, and now Creative and Media Diploma teachers as well, this three-day professional development offers a mix of workshops, presentations, panel discussions and seminars.

Confirmed for this year's conference are film-maker and presenter Mark Cousins on 'A History of Cinema in 15 Scenes', Toby Miller from the University of California Riverside talking about Media Studies 3.0 and Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One, while in the Inside Industry strand we have Tessa Ross (Film Four and C4 Drama), Kim Longinotto (documentary film-maker), Peter Bradshaw (film critic) and Lizzie Francke (Film Fund, UK Film Council/ BFI). As well as a wide range of  teacher-led workshops there are also seminars led by academics covering everything from Cult TV, Transnational Cinema, the Media Politics of Wikileaks and Demystifying Disney. The full programme can be found below.

» Adam Ranson: Teaching Wikis, Blogs and Tweets: 1 of 3 (PDF)

» Adam Ranson: Teaching Wikis, Blogs and Tweets: 2 of 3 (PDF)

» Adam Ranson: Teaching Wikis, Blogs and Tweets: 3 of 3 (PDF)

» David Wharton: Planning a Two-year WJEC Media Studies AS/ A Level Course (PDF)

» Simon Johnson: Genre in Context (PDF)

» Rob Miller: Changing Representation in the Media (PDF)

» Victoria Walden: Borders and Belonging: Immigration Film in the UK (PDF)

» Matthew Hall: Postmodernism, Identity and On-line Media (PDF)

» Rebecca Ellis: Cheerleaders & Jocks: Teaching Contemporary Teenage Representation: 1 of 2 (PDF)

» Rebecca Ellis: Cheerleaders & Jocks: Teaching Contemporary Teenage Representation: 2 of 2 (PDF)