Welcome to
Media Studies

The media is a powerful force in all our lives. Media literacy is therefore vital for teachers and learners in the twenty-first century.

Media teaching provides what students today really need: ways of understanding about how the world works, skills of analysis and interpretation, and opportunities for leaning by doing. As Marshall McLuhan once famously said, 'Those who think there is a difference between entertainment and education, don't know the first thing about either!' The real strength of media teaching is that it teaches us about both!

Dr Geoff Lealand, Associate Professor, Screen and Media Studies, The University of Waikato, (2006).