Media Studies

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(In Media Studies, students learn to analyse and critique the media, which saturates everything we do in the developed world in the 21st century. Once they have learnt fundamental theory, students improve their understanding of the media by producing their own media products for their coursework. Students complete four units during the course: Unit One - Investigating Media, Unit Two - Creating Media, at AS level and Unit Three - Media: Critical Perspectives and Unit Four - Media - Research and Production, at A2. Topics covered include: Media Forms, Representation, Institutions, Audience across all three platforms, consisting of Broadcasting, Digital/web-based media and Print. At A2, students build on the topics studied at AS by considering: media effects, reality TV, News Values, moral panics, post 9/11 and the media, ownership and control, regulation and censorship, media technology and the digital revolution - changing technologies in the 21st century. Students also learn about the theoretical perspectives of Marxism, Capitalism, post-modernism, post-colonialism and feminism. The learning opportunity is both academic and practical. Media Studies A Level naturally leads to careers and higher education in journalism, marketing, advertising or Public Relations. But an awareness of how the media works can also support other areas such as law, medicine and education. In fact, Media Studies complements any subject that values the ability to use theory and terminology to create analytical essays or requires IT-savvy students. This A Level also complements a wide range of subjects, including English, economics, art, psychology, sociology and music.)

Course information

Name: Media Studies Qualification title: GCE AS Level in Media Studies Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20160321 13:00:56 Updated 20160321 13:00:56

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