"Angry parents accuse school of 'dumbing down' English by showing The Simpsons in class", Daily Mail
Parents say that The Simpsons should be replaced by Shakespeare
The school say that it helps students to become critical and analytic in moving image an gain a better understanding of audience and narrative
They also say that studying the opening of The Simpsons is just as challenging as studying the opening of Dickens' Great Expectations
"Tories to tackle the Media Studies Menace", The Independent
Hard subjects should carry greated weight than 'soft' subjects
Vocational subjects should be downgraded
Increase in students doing Media Studies in state schools rather than private schools
"'Worthless qualifications' give false hope to state pupils, says Harrow head"
Students who receive free school meals are more likely to do Media Studies than Chemistry
Media Studies boosts state schools' positions in league tables
Elite universities allegedly blacklist Media Studies
Media Studies is not acedemic enough and is a 'Mickey Mouse' subject
We should do Media Studies because we are going to destroy civilisation!
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