Media studies

British Film Institute: Screenonline
The British Film Institute website has a guide to Britain's film and television history. Films and television programmes are sorted by genre, themes, and other categories. There is also a section about people in the British film and television industry. The education section has resources for teachers, student guides, and a glossary of film and television terms. Includes video clips.
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/
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How Sky News unfolds
This interactive resource uses simulations and games to give an overview of how the news is produced for television (and a little bit on radio). Students are introduced to the actual people who do the range of jobs to gain insight into the whole process, as well as information about jobs in the media and how to get them. Includes video clips. Useful for media studies.
http://rfts.waidev6.com/virtual_newsroom/
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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
This is the homepage for the PBS website. Contains television programme details, featured programmes in arts and drama, life and culture, history, and links to areas for children, parents, and teachers.
http://www.pbs.org/
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Sitcom: What It Is, How It Works
This site is suitable for NCEA media studies students and teachers. It provides an analysis of television situation comedy since 1947. Dr Richard taflinger gives his own theory of comedy, the business of television, action, character, thought, diction, music, and spectacle as applied to the sitcom, and a listing of all the sitcoms that have been on American primetime television since 1947.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/sitcom.html
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The British Film Institute
The British Film Institute website has a guide to Britain's film and television history. Includes a film and television database, searchable by genre, themes, and other categories. The Features section provides in-depth features and resources on filmmakers, actors and other personalities and subjects in the film and television industry. The education section has resources for teachers, student guides, and a glossary of film and television terms. Includes video clips.
http://www.bfi.org.uk
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The Encyclopedia of TV (1st Ed.)
The online version of the Encyclopedia of Television (1st edition), which includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programmes and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. Contains histories of major television networks as well as broadcasting systems around the world and is complemented by resource materials, photos, and bibliographical information.
http://www.museum.tv/publicationssection.php?page=28
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