A welcome from the authors

Welcome to the Doing Media Studies website. This site is an accompaniment to our textbook Media Studies: Text, Production and Context published by Pearson. It provides additional and supplementary materials to engage media students and offers a wealth of information for those with an interest in studying the media.

On the site, you will find case studies, blogs from academic experts, examples of tasks we have set and answers from students. If you would like to contribute to this site, please contact us and we’ll be in touch about the ways in which you can take part.

This website is also acts as a hub to a wider network of media students via social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, where we are also active.

Thanks for visiting and we hope that this website inspires you to study the media and to investigate our textbook, Media Studies: Text, Production and Context.

More information about the authors

Dr Paul Long

I am Reader in Media and Cultural History at Birmingham City University. I lead the MA in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy and welcome enquiries from prospective students. I’ve written about class, culture, radio and popular music as well as the cultural politics of the City of Birmingham. I ‘edit’ a site dedicated to the work of filmmaker Philip Donnellan and am always interested in talking about/showing his work.

Here is a full list of my publications.

Professor Tim Wall

I’m Professor of Radio and Popular Music Studies in the Birmingham School of Media at BCU where I lead the Interactive Cultures team. My main areas of interest relate to popular music culture, the record industry and music radio. I am particularly interested in studies which combine political economy with cultural analysis, and which explore the implications of new technology.

Here is a full list of my publications.