Required Reading
Students will need the following books to complete the course
Essential Reading
The following materials will provide essential understanding of the subjects covered in the course.
Recommended Resources
Further reading to help you advance your understanding of the concepts in the course and to satisfy your curiosity.
A selection of useful handbooks relating to media, film, communications and related studies, proving essential to understanding the basic parameters of Media Studies as a subject.
Numerous non-fiction resources that highlight and identify how media and culture have shaped today "as we know it" - beneficial reading for any Media Studies student to give an in-depth view into today's world.
Finding Other Useful Books
Using the online Accessit catalogue, you can search the Subject Search to find more resources, or use the search bar to look for keywords.
In the Library, Non-fiction books (and some literature) are often arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification system, using numbers to arrange them by subject. In the college we use the system within key topic areas for each subject. In many university libraries, all books will be found shelved by Dewey Decimal alone. Below is a list of useful number classes for this subject.
070 News media, journalism, and publishing
071 Newspapers in North America
072 Newspapers in British Isles; in England
073 Newspapers in central Europe; in Germany
074 Newspapers in France & Monaco
075 Newspapers in Italy & adjacent islands
076 Newspapers in Iberian peninsula & adjacent islands
077 Newspapers in eastern Europe; in Russia
078 Newspapers in Scandinavia
079 Newspapers in other geographic areas
384 Communications (Radio)
650 Management & public relations
650 Management & auxiliary services
651 Office services
652 Processes of written communication
658 General management
659 Advertising & public relations
Other Resources
@f6mediafilm - The official Instagram page for the Media and Film Department at The Sixth Form College Farnborough.
@F6MediaFilm - The official Twitter page for the Media and film Department at The Sixth Form College Farnborough. Follow for recommended reading and updates.
@Media_Film_SFCF - Twitter page for the Media & Film Student Representatives at The Sixth Form College Farnborough
