Why I chose media studies.

I chose media because I think I will gain a different perspective of the outside world whilst also gaining a set of new skills. I find it very interesting because it has started to play a part of my generation’s daily lives.

The skills that I will gain are the ability to analyse and determine what the media is trying to sell and advertise to us. I will have a different outlook to others who have no actual interest in the inside of the media and just see it as a magazine or advert etc. It will help me in the future if I am able to work in the media business as I will know the best techniques to promote to the appropriate audience and will know how their minds see the media.

Media Studies will also help me develop number of skills like an ability to analyse how media products are constructed, how to produce media products across different platforms, how to do individual research  and how to evaluate my own media products and those of others.

Overall, I have a vast interest in the media from having social media, reading magazines and watching different types of entertainment through a screen. I have become captivated by the media as it controls and changes the way we see things. It has become normality for me and without it, it would be extremely difficult.

Although the media provides a positive aspect to lives, it also brings negatives. For example, they can lie to manipulate and control people into believing in things that are hoaxes, deterring people away from their own views and what is actually true. Moreover, the media prepares a base for things like conspiracy theories (which I enjoy reading even though it may be twisted) to grow and scaring people into believing what the media has falsely created through the millions of people who have access to it.

Many of us, like myself, are able to access all types of media through gadgets e.g. phones, tablets and laptops. We interact with the media on a daily basis without even realizing as we are surrounded by it.

By choosing media studies I can look deeper into it and change the way I look at things, possibly for the better. Being able to analyse and explain details of the media will allow me to understand why the media does what it does.

Not only will the media give me new skills but it will allow me to enjoy my education as it allows me to be creative and is actually fun. Media studies is something I enjoy learning about and it is a subject that plays to my strengths.

Overall, media studies will help me develop three relationships with the media. As a ‘consumer I will become more aware of the many ways in which media messages are presented to me, as well as discovering how the institutions which produce and distribute media products are trying to reach me. The subject will help my evaluation skills, which will give me a -hands on understanding of both how media messages are created and what they are aiming to do.