Critical Investigation research: Media Magazine

Media Magazine archive

By now, you should have over 1,500 words in your Notes and Quotes document and probably still have a huge amount to read and watch. Today, we’re going to focus on another brilliant resource for our research: the Media Magazine archive.

We have the last 20 issues of Media Magazine in pdf format and – thanks to all of you in the summer – a Word document with the contents for each issue. This means it will be easy to go through all 20 issues and identify articles that could help with your topic.

Once you’ve identified the articles, you can access the pdfs online here or using the school VLE (go to Media > Shared Documents > Media Magazine).  Then, add to your Notes and Quotes document as normal – this should easily get you to upwards of 2,000 words.



Media Edu

Another online resource that contains a large number of case studies and articles on key media issues is mediaedu.

Click on the top right box 'Login' and use our exclusive Greenford Media log-in:

Username: greenford
P/W: greenfordedu


e-Jump Cut online media journal

Jump Cut is an online contemporary Media journal with an archive dating back 40 years. It is published every year and each issue offers around 50 articles on aspects of film and media, often looking at controversial or niche topics. The current issue is available here and the archive can be found here.

It's definitely worth searching the e-Jump Cut archive for articles on your chosen topic – there are hundreds to choose from. Note, you don't need a log-in for Jump Cut, the material is available for free online.


If you have a problem with any of the links or log-ins then please let me know.

Good luck!

Mr Halsey