Editing Media studies (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
In the [[United Kingdom]], media studies developed in the 1960s from the academic study of [[English studies|English]] and, more broadly, from [[literary criticism]]. The key date, according to Andrew Crisell, is 1959:

<blockquote>When Joseph Trenaman left the BBC's Further Education Unit to become the first holder of the Granada Research Fellowship in Television at [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]]. Soon after in 1966, the Centre for Mass Communication Research was founded at Leicester University, and degree programs in media studies began to sprout at [[polytechnic (United Kingdom)|polytechnics]] and other universities during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="crisell">{{cite book|last=Crisell|first=Andrew |year= 2002|title=An Introductory History of British Broadcasting|location=London|publisher=Routledge|isbn= 0-415-24792-6 |pages=186–7 |edition=2}}</ref></blockquote>

[[James Halloran]] at the University of Leicester is credited for his influence in the development of media studies and communication studies, as the head of the university's Centre for Mass Communication Research and founder of the International Association for Media and Communication Research.<ref name=mosco>{{cite book|last1=Mosco|first1=Vincent|title=The Political Economy of Communication|date=9 September 2011|publisher=Sage Publications|location=London|isbn=9781446204948|page=89|edition=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V57yrDMaO9oC&pg=PA89|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> Media Studies is now taught all over the UK. It is taught at Key Stages 1– 3, Entry Level, GCSE and at A level; the [[Scottish Qualifications Authority]] also offers formal qualifications at a number of different levels. It is offered through a large area of exam boards, including [[Assessment and Qualifications Alliance|AQA]] and [[Welsh Joint Education Committee|WJEC]].

As mentioned earlier, much research in the field of news media studies has been led by the [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]], which is one of the leaders in news media research for the United Kingdom. The Institute focuses on journalism and news media as topics of study.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/page/annual-report |title=Annual report &#124; Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism |access-date=2016-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305190443/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/page/annual-report |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>