Some New Links
Audience Theory from MediaEd website
Indie and Alternative Cinema from MediaEd website
Women representing women: Clare Lovey’s research for her A-level Media Studies course suggests that the presence of female filmmakers affects the representation of women in films. This is a Critical Research paper answer, singled out because of the quaility of her findings.
Media 'Effects' - This page is criticises the idea of straightforward media 'effects' - the idea that people will simply copy things they've seen in the media. From the excellent www.theory.org site.