Useful web sites for Media
Associations
British Board of Film Classification
British Interactive Multimedia Association
British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society
British Universities Film and Video Council
Gateways
Academic Info - Film and TV Studies Academic info aims to be the premier educational directory for college and research level internet resources
BUBL Information service Catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas including film studies. Try searching in the subject menu, A-Z menu or the Dewey menu 384 or 790's.
Intute: Arts and Humanities A guide to internet resources for the arts and creative industries (previously known as Artifact).
Intute: Social Sciences Contains useful links to National and International resources in the social sciences. Also hosts online tutorials to get you started on the web, try the Internet for art, design and media.
Arts and Humanities Data Service Performing Arts Collection (AHDS)
MCS British-based gateway to web resources useful in the academic study of media and communication.
Moving Image Gateway Resources relating to the moving image and sound and their use in higher and further education.
General
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Media UK A media directory for the UK, listing websites, addresses, telephone numbers, programme schedules, and live links for areas of the online media.
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
Open University Free resource material from the Open University openlearn website
PhotoNet Information network for education in photography, film and television.
Film
The Big Cartoon Database Search by the major film studios including Hanna Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros.
Online Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts This site covers all of the short subjects Disney made between the years of 1922 to the present.
Photography
British Journal of Photography
George Eastman House International online museum of photography and film.
The Royal Photographic Society
Television
Kaleidoscope. The Classic Television web site An extensive resource containing links to Web pages and newsgroups relating to classic and cult UK and overseas television programmes.
OFCOM Regulator for the UK Communications Industries
Sitcom: What It Is & How It Works An analysis of television sitcom by Richard F. Taflinger aimed at American situation comedy.
Primary & Secondary Resources
British Film Institute - Classroom resources
Film Education For primary and secondary teachers and students using film and new media across the UK National curriculum.
MediaEd The U.K media education website.
Mediaknowall Divided into sections for KS3, GCSE and A level students linking to key subject areas for that level. Topics range from Disney, genres, media production, television and radio.
Newseum An interactive museum of news. Be a reporter or newscaster, relive the news stories through multimedia exhibits.
Sundog Media An innovative and creative production company which has done a lot of work with local communities and schools.
For an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet then try the Internet Detective website. The website also includes sections on copyright matters, plagiarism and citation/referencing.
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