EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MEDIA STUDIES | What is media studies? Is it a useless degree?
It's hard to answer the question 'what is media studies?' because the media is everywhere. But for something that everybody watches not many of us actually take a moment to think about the media. Unless you take a media studies degree.
Studying the media is incredibly important but it serves a really important function in our society. The media created by a culture says a lot about that society. And a lot goes into deciding which movies get made, which accounts blow up on social media and which influencer gets a brand deal.
Media studies is about thinking critically about an industry that doesn't want you to think at all. A lot of the media created today is for entertainment. Something to watch when you just want to be distracted from life. But this media isn't neutral. Media studies will show you how everything is created for a reason.
Timestamps
0:00 - intro
0:22 - media studies is not a useless degree
1:34 - what is media studies
2:04 - media is a representation of a society's culture
2:32 - you can learn a lot about a culture just from its media
3:07 - what is culture, defining American culture
4:49 - 1st pillar of media studies: representation theory
5:51 - 2nd pillar of media studies: media language
6:22 - 3rd pillar of media studies: audience
8:07 - 4th pillar of media studies: media institutions
9:51 - advice for media studies majors
10:21 - realistically everyone should study the media
10:48 - how media studies taught me not to be affected by social media
11:59 - conclusion
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wow guys i was preaching at 11:38 🙌🏾🙏🏾 😂 lmk if u agree?!??
@ZakiaLott
2 жыл бұрын
I was here for every moment! Communications degree for me!
I'm finishing up my last year studying Media and Communication. The UK seems to absolutely fucking hate the subject constantly claiming it as useless but nothing I've learned has ever felt useless. It just feels disheartening. Makes me more anxious about if I am going to find work. I know you're in Canada but this is comforting
Taking a gap year before college to figure out exactly what I want to do. When I found out what Media Studies entailed, I got really excited. With further research, your video confirmed that this is definitely the Major I am interested in and a career I would love to build. Thank you so much! Keep making great content!!
So great to see your positive take on the degree. I'm a Media Studies major with an emphasis on production, and I gained lots of new insights from your video. Thank you :D
This is really helpful! Currently researching about what unis to get into for a Film and Media Studies degree
Thanks for the in-depth analysis. Just what I needed for a good overview on this subject. You really have it pinned down.
Very insightful! I've been an artist my whole life and watching this makes me so excited to get into Cinema, Film and Media Studies!
what a relevant intro - the media is everywhere and is everything around us, so it is a more than useful degree. I have a module within my english degree and it is all about media linguistics, super interesting. I wish you the best in your studies :)
This is a really good video. Currently teaching Media studies... so the video helped me a lot. Thanks Cheyenne.
You are so smart and knows what you are talking about. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. My son is registered for this class a degree program. I am wishing him luck. I hope he finds it interesting and build his career with it. 🙏🏽
This was such a well-informed video! Thank you so much.
Your videos are so interesting and informative! Thank you.
Love thisss!!!! Super Helpful
I cant decide between taking a degree in Media and Communications OR Politics and International Relations - i am STRUGGLING
@saladin463
2 жыл бұрын
ME TOOO
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
i think it depends on what your interests are. there is cross over in both topics and you can always focus your research in one topic back to the other. my advice is that if you think you are a creative person to do comm studies and if you think of yourself as more of a philosopher do politics
Wow this video just made me speechless, loved it!
This was such a useful video ! thank you for making this :)
Very clear content I have been debating between global media and culture, digital media and literature media and culture...I am interested in how the language affects the knowledge and also more inclined towards art. I'm a Teacher and want to get out of the classroom
Loved this video so much thank you!! Everything was so well said! I'm thinking of changing my major so this was extremely helpful♡
@NarekLoryan
2 жыл бұрын
i am going to change my major too , i can't decide between Studio Arts and Media Arts
Wow I love this! I'm studying to become a high school media teacher and will definitely use this video in a class :)
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
im honoured! thanks 😊
Thank you!! Super helpful :)
New Media is huge now. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok is huge in the U.S.A. So that's a focus I am going to be studying in my BA Communications.
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
great choice!
hi cheyenne im watiching this from New Zealand, love the content
this was great thank you ❤
Thank you !!
great presentation! Really very informative.
It helped me a so much.I may need to look further into whether it would be a good fit for me
This is super helpful!! Do you mind allowing closed captions in the settings?
Great job!
10:07 Learn hard skills to back up the theories ♡
This was super interesting and helpful thank u!!!!!❤❤
@itscheyennecassidy
3 жыл бұрын
glad you liked it
Amazing thanks
Perfect video
is there tools that when you have courses like media studies is there any tools toward from this particular class that will approved on any sort of journalism and outside news reporters and ty cheyenne
Thank you ❤
Very well done, Cheyenne! Are you a "media studies" case study? Are your videos sort of media text? What is not "media studies" if we assume that all we communicate is mediated via a "medium"? Thank you!
Will this help me for youtube future and streaming? And can i do ads
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Kindly explain in detail on what type of skills you need to have if you want to study media studies
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
writing skills! expect lots of essays. the readings are really dense and were written a while ago so you have to be able to be the type of person that can focus on something thats not easy to grasp right off the bat.
you SPOKE
Yoo that’s what I mean
Is media studies mostly project-based or mostly theory-based?
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
my school was theory based but i think it will depend on where you go
What jobs would you say is possible with this degree?
Good thing I can just talk to u instead of having to take an actual course 🤪
Is there maths in media studies .??
@emilyveitch5652
Жыл бұрын
Computer programming has some forms of math in problem solving format
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
i never faced any math in media studies!
weird that you're advertising for apple meanwhile 😂
@itscheyennecassidy
Жыл бұрын
you caught me 😅
@saidatmane2684
Жыл бұрын
@@itscheyennecassidy jkd 😂
"Do you want fries with that" ?
@rtlau-mk4di
Жыл бұрын
lol
@rtlau-mk4di
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because it's true
You're so beautiful