Reading List

Over the two-year course the following books will be used:

Textbooks

McDougall, Julian, 'OCR Media Studies for AS', Hodder Education, 2008
McDougall, Julian, 'OCR Media Studies for A2', Hodder Education, 2009
Both these textbooks are available online. You will be given a password to access your free copy.

AS

Arizona, Daniel, 'Grammar of the Film Language', Silman James, 1976
Clark, Baker & Lewis, 'Key Concepts & Skills for Media Studies', Hodder & Stoughton, 2002
McDougall, Julian, 'Media Studies: The Basics', Routledge, 2012
Rayner, Wall & Kruger, 'Media Studies: The Essential Introduction', Routledge, 2001
Stafford, Roy, 'Understanding Audiences and the Film Industry', British Film Institute, 2007
Lacey, Nick, 'Image and Representation: Key Concepts in Media Studies', Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

A2

Ayeroff, Jeff, 'Thirty Frames Per Second: The Visionary Art of the Music Video'
Butler, Judith, 'Gender Trouble', Routledge, 1990
Condon, Paul and Sangster, Jim, 'The Complete Hitchcock', Virgin Publishing, 1999
Gauntlett, David, 'Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction', Routledge, 2002
Goodwin, Andrew, 'Dancing In The Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture'
Mulvey, Laura, 'Visual and Other Pleasures', Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Laughey, Dan, 'Key Themes In Media Theory', Open University Press, 2007
Railton, Diane and Watson, Paul, 'Music Video and the Politics of Representation', Edinburgh University Press, 2011

Magazines

'Splice' Magazine (Auteur)
'Media Mag' (English & Media Centre)

DVDs

'The Work of Director Michel Gondry', 2003
'Thinking Film', Film Education

Revision

Revision Express, 'Media Studies AS & A2'

The Media Studies Department also has an extensive library of books which you may borrow.