Media Studies is about ... • exploring the variety of ways in which media texts attract an audience; • interpreting media texts; the representations they offer; what they say about the people who made them; what they reveal about their intended audience; • understanding the media and their role both historically and currently in society, culture, politics and the economy • making informed arguments, reaching substantiated judgements and drawing conclusions about media issues • planning, researching and creating media products.
Name: Media Studies A Level Qualification title: GCE A Level in Media Studies Qualification type: Assessment The exam components require you to analyse the range of media texts using the theoretical framework • media language: how the media through their forms, codes, conventions and techniques communicate meanings • representation: how the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups • media industries: how the media industries' processes of production, distribution and circulation affect media forms and platforms • audiences: how media forms target, reach and address audiences, how audiences interpret and respond to them, and how members of audiences become producers themselves. The non-exam assessment requires you to create media products in response to a brief. For example: • An original music video to promote a new or local/unsigned artist or band in a genre of your choice. You should create a product for an independent record label targeting a niche audience with an interest in your chosen genre of music. • A front cover and double page spread feature article for a new, original music magazine including an interview with the artist or band promoting the launch of the album. Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20151130 12:53:15 Updated 20161118 13:07:25
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Title: GCE A Level in Media Studies Qualification: GCE A Level in Media Studies Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing