NEWSPAPERS: The first ever newspaper was printed in England, 1665.

MAGAZINES: Published in London in 1731, the first ever magazine was called “The Gentleman’s Magazine.”

RADIO: An Italian inventor invented the radio in 1895 as the first radio signal was sent and received.

CINEMA: First created by the Lumiere brothers in December 1895 in Paris.

ADVERTISING: Tobacco advertising was the first form of advertising in the 1920s.

TV: The television was first ever invented by an American inventor in 1927.

VIDEO GAMES: The first video game known to exist was created by a Physicist in 1958.

MUSIC VIDEOS: MTV was the first music company to air music videos, it was established in 1981.

INTERNET: First invented in 1983 by two computer scientists.

Media is the forms of mass communication in which information is shared, for example: TV, Radio, Newspapers, and magazines.

Media Studies is the form of study that analyses mass media in many different ways in order to understand how mass communication works and how it affects people.

• The main means of mass communication – Media can be used to store or deliver data. It also has many jobs linked to it such as journalism, advertising and broadcasting.

Why is media media important?

• As technology is on the rise, media becomes more relevant everday. Many jobs are linked to media today therefore it is now a fairly important subject to study.

What I would like to learn…

• Whilst studying media, I would like to learn how to get better at editing and become more confident with Photoshop.

What is Media? Media is where people can share information socially with one another through platforms like news reports.

What is Media studies? Media studies is the studying of Media and journalism of platforms.

What is the point of Media? The point of Media studies is to share information that everyone should have an access to. This will help people to understand Media and what it is.

What do you want to learn in Media Studies? In Media studies I hope to learn the reasons of why people want to publish news and go into journalism.