|
Media Education Journal 50 The latest issue of the Media Education Journal was published in Dec 2011. As well as the usual reviews MEJ 50 contains articles by Wendy Elrick on fandom, by Alex Law and Gerry Mooney on BBC Scotland’ s The Scheme, by Deryck Swan on Heat as well as pieces on video games and an extended critique of the CfE. MEJ 51 will be an Irish-themed edition and will be published in June 2012. Media Education Journal Subscriptions If you are not from Scotland you may prefer to subscribe to the journal rather joining AMES. If so download a subscription form. Subscription costs are: £15 individual (UK) £20 individual (non-UK) The Media Education Journal The Media Education Journal is the journal of The Association for Media Education in Scotland. It is one of the oldest media education publications in the world and has appeared twice a year since 1984. Its aims were and remain: “to encourage and inform debate around questions of theory, practise and teaching strategy for media education” (from the inaugural edition of the AMES Journal, renamed The Media Education Journal from its third number in 1985). Media Studies is perhaps unique in the Scottish Education system in that there is still – despite the much greater availability of media courses at higher education - only a minority of teachers who have studied the subject at university and fewer who have a formal teaching qualification. Media teachers, therefore, are frequently self-taught. The MEJ, by its focus on theoretical articles, attempts to provide those teachers with intellectual tools to underpin their teaching as well as providing qualified and experienced teachers with current developments at the cutting edge of media theory. To that end we have frequently produced editions of the MEJ in partnership with higher education institutions, first of all in Scotland, subsequently further afield. Another important function of the Journal is to provide material which teachers can take directly into the classroom and combine theoretical insights with sound pedagogical practice, and a focus on particular media texts and how they can be exploited in the classroom will remain a key feature of the MEJ. Articles are invited from media teachers and those involved in media education or who work in the media. Articles usually fall within the 2,000 – 5,000 range. If you have an article you would like to submit, or an idea for an article you would like to discuss, contact the editor. Likewise, book reviewers are required. Lists of books received will be put on this page of the website. If there is a book you would like to review, we can usually get a review copy from the publisher. Reviews are usually in the 500 – 1000 word range. It is helpful If you can supply production stills, frame enlargements, stills from a TV monitor, or other visual material. Please send a brief bio, no more than 60 words. To contact the editor, email Des Murphy at: desmurphy47@gmail.com BACK COPIES OF THE JOURNAL ARE AVALABLE TO MEMBERS
AMES is a registered Scottish Charity: number SC029408 |
