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Cao help-Media arts/Journalism

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  • 19-06-2010 11:32pm
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    LovexxLife
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    Hi, im doing my CAO at the min and was looking for some advice. Whcih course would be better to become a media/Tv researcher, media arts or journalism?


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    HalloweenJack
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    I'd reckon media arts.

    The television work in that course is a lot more than in the journalism one (at least, the one I did).

    In media arts, the students get at the cameras from the start.

    In journalism, we only got to them in second year and did nothing in third year. In fourth year, we will have to choose between broadcast or print but I don't know what the split between radio and television is in broadcast.


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    LovexxLife
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    thanks for replying:)
    much appreciated


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    The Volt
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    LovexxLife wrote: »
    thanks for replying:)
    much appreciated
    Hey I've just finished 2nd yr in Media Arts. Any questions you have, feel free to PM me.


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    LovexxLife
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    thanks for the offer but i wont need any advice on media arts because i found out they wont accept german instead of french for the requirements but thanks tho


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    The Volt
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    LovexxLife wrote: »
    thanks for the offer but i wont need any advice on media arts because i found out they wont accept german instead of french for the requirements but thanks tho
    You're the first year where that is the case I'm afraid. The school of media and the school of languages don't see eye to eye on a lot of things and people doing anything but French and Irish are at a disadvantage


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    LovexxLife
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    yea so looks like it just journalism that i have the option of doing in dit unless i do media studies or multimedia in maynooth or dcu


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    FewFew
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    Hang on, you want to be a media researcher? Journalism all the way. If you wanted to be a camera operator or children's tv presenter I'd have pointed towards media arts, but for a researcher you're talking journalism hands down.


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    LovexxLife
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    Fewcifur wrote: »
    Hang on, you want to be a media researcher? Journalism all the way. If you wanted to be a camera operator or children's tv presenter I'd have pointed towards media arts, but for a researcher you're talking journalism hands down.
    yep a media researcher!
    Ok so journalism it is!
    Also does dit have a better journalism course than dcu?


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    FewFew
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    LovexxLife wrote: »
    yep a media researcher!
    Ok so journalism it is!
    Also does dit have a better journalism course than dcu?

    Biased... but DIT all the way. But do a search on here for the topic of journalism, this has been debated a fair bit before. As far as I can see, DCU keep making their course easier so it's more appealing but less worthwhile.


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