Media Studies

(AQA Specification Code : 7572)

Course details: -

6 lessons a week — 5 hours of teaching time

Two written examinations and production at the end of Year 13

Media One (35%): Key concepts with a focus on advertising and marketing, music video, radio, newspapers and film

Media Two (35%): Close-study questions with focus on television, magazines, online, social and participatory media

Coursework (30%): creation of a cross-media production

Overview of course content: -

Year 12 Topics Focus on key concepts: Language, Representations, Industries, Audiences Contemporary media theory Production skills Year 13 Topics Close Study of Media Products:

One print production, one online

Social and participatory production and one audio-visual production.

Creation of a cross-media production.

Skills acquired and future prospects: -

Media Studies provides experience, expertise and skills that are essential to undergraduate arts-based subjects and careers within Media and the Creative Arts. These skills include the ability to: ● Work to a deadline, communicating succinctly within a variety of formats, whether in print, visual, audio or audiovisual media to create interesting content for specific audiences. ● Develop critical thinking through discourse and analysis, drawing on evidence to argue a position effectively, thereby developing independent perspectives. ● Articulate one’s standpoint on contemporary media issues such as feminism, identity, censorship and exploitation.