SMSC

Media Studies contributes to candidates' understanding of spiritual, moral, ethical, social and cultural issues through discussion of representations of gender, youth, nation and ethnicity, e.g. the way in which gender is represented in film, television, radio and print media; stereotyping of gender in women's magazines, of young people in the press and of ethnic groups in film and television. Moral and ethical issues are often raised through the study of intrusion and privacy in television and radio news and newspapers' reporting of current issues and events. Almost all aspects of Media Studies focus on our place in society, culture and the larger world, leading to frequent discussions of key SMSC issues.