English | 2016 Subject changes | Support Materials | Recommended Text Lists | Media
Media
The following texts are suggestions for the study of English. These examples are not meant to be prescriptive or exhaustive, but are indicative of the nature of appropriate texts.
Media texts include advertisements, talkback radio programs, magazines, news presentations, sports reporting, political commentary or cartoons, editorials, websites, social media, blogs, podcasts, gaming, and other forms of digital media. Other resources may be accessed at:
- Australian Children's Television Foundation, MY:24 (documentary), supported by a mobile phone micro-documentary app, http://actf.com.au/education-programs/my24-app#edprogram
- Adichie, M., Big Think, http://bigthink.com
- Australian Stereotypes in TV Ads, The Inspiration Room, http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/australian-stereotypes (TV advertisements)
- The Danger of a Single Story, http://www.ted.com (TED talk)
- Electronic Literature Organization, http://eliterature.org/news/showcase (multimedia texts)
- Heywire, ABC, http://www.abc.net.au/heywire
- The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com
- TED talks, http://www.ted.com
- Palin, M., http://www.palinstravels.co.uk
- Pemberley Digital, www.pemberleydigital.com (retellings of timeless stories in innovative ways)
- Tropfest: The World's Largest Short Film Festival, http://www.tropfest.com.au