Editing Media studies (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
Much research in the field of news media studies has been led by the [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]]. Details of the research projects and results are published in the RISJ annual report.<ref name=":5" /> In addition to the research performed at the Reuters Institute, media researchers in the United Kingdom have also used comments from the British press to look at their impression of media studies as a topic for study. Researchers Lucy Bennett and Jenny Kidd found that there was a link between the Conservative party in Britain and the idea that media studies was not an academic field worth studying due to its lack of scientific principles and employability for students.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=Lucy |last2=Kidd |first2=Jenny |date=2017-03-04 |title=Myths about media studies: the construction of media studies education in the British press |journal=Continuum |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=163–176 |doi=10.1080/10304312.2016.1265096 |issn=1030-4312|doi-access=free }}</ref>

[[Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)|Stuart Hall]], a Jamaican-born social scientist, also contributed to the field of media studies through his writings on cultural studies, separate but similar to media studies. Hall's main viewpoint was that the mainstream media as a whole served the beliefs of the rich and powerful within society, an idea that was heavily influenced by Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci in his writings.<ref name=":02" /> By naming his theory "cultural studies", Hall was able to bring in the cultural element of media studies that he felt was often left out by academics in the field.<ref name=":02" />