Although you are officially still in Year 12, in Media we are starting Year 13 from Monday 8 June. This means you need to working here on our Year 13 Macguffin Blog from now on.
One of the first things you need to do is follow the blog on Twitter. We'll be posting crucial links to interesting Media stories, homework reminders and deadlines throughout the year. In fact, we'll even be doing a lot of your homework for you and posting it up on the Twitter account. You'll find us:
@blogmacguffin
If you haven't joined Twitter, do so this week: it's a brilliant way of keeping up with what's happening in the media and you don't have to publish tweets yourself if you don't want to. Once you're on board, follow the following Twitter accounts to give yourself a comprehensive daily update on the media world:
Newspaper media sections
Media Guardian @mediaguardian
i newspaper @theipaper
Independent Media @TheIndyMedia
Telegraph film @TelegraphFilm
Useful Media Studies-related accounts
The Media blog @TheMediaTweets
Brilliant Ads @Brilliant_Ads
Pete Fraser @petesmediablog
Media Edu @mediaedusites
Big media personalities
Rupert Murdoch @rupertmurdoch
Piers Morgan @piersmorgan
Alasdair Campbell @campbellclaret
Journalists
Owen Jones @OwenJones84
Roy Greenslade @GreensladeR
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan
Owen Jones @OwenJones84
Nick Sutton @suttonnick
Nick Davies @Bynickdavies
Others
Film4 @Film4
Everyday Sexism blog @EverydaySexism
YouGov polling @YouGov
There are many, many more Twitter accounts you can follow to keep up on certain aspects of the media and anything else you're interested in. Get involved and immerse yourself in the world of the media.
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