Media Studies has never held greater global relevance, making its study both exciting and widely applicable to contemporary culture. The media, as a whole, affects every person in one way or another. Through our study of media, we develop a student’s understanding of how people become informed – or misinformed – by media products, and how the ideologies that govern our lives are created and sustained. We want our A Level students to understand the influence of the media and how media industries make conscious choices about media language in order to create representations and target specific audiences. We aim to arm our learners with the ability to make informed judgements about these representations and to challenge them by exploring their own view of the truth and how the media chooses to represent it. Component One: Media Messages Section A: News and Online Media Section B: Media Language and Representation (Magazines/Advertising and Marketing/Music Videos) Component Two: Evolving Media Section A: Media Industries and Audiences (Radio/Video Games/Film Industry) Section B: Long Form Television Drama Component Three: Making Media Students will create a cross-media product in response to an OCR set brief. They will have 30 hours to produce their product.
- GCSE grade 5 in English Language and English Literature - English Language GCSE and/or Mathematics GCSE, as an additional course(s) if you have not been successful in obtaining at least a grade 4 in each of these subjects respectively.
All assessment is completed at the end of the course and is by examination and coursework. Component One: Media Messages (examination 35%) Component Two: Evolving Media (examination 35%) Component Three: Making Media (coursework 30%)
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| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
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| Gender Type | Girls |
| Address | Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9NX |
Media Studies has never held greater global relevance, making its study both exciting and widely applicable to contemporary culture. The media, as a whole, affects every person in one way or another. Through our study of media, we develop a student’s understanding of how people become informed – or misinformed – by media products, and how the ideologies that govern our lives are created and sustained. We want our A Level students to understand the influence of the media and how media industries make conscious choices about media language in order to create representations and target specific audiences. We aim to arm our learners with the ability to make informed judgements about these representations and to challenge them by exploring their own view of the truth and how the media chooses to represent it. Component One: Media Messages Section A: News and Online Media Section B: Media Language and Representation (Magazines/Advertising and Marketing/Music Videos) Component Two: Evolving Media Section A: Media Industries and Audiences (Radio/Video Games/Film Industry) Section B: Long Form Television Drama Component Three: Making Media Students will create a cross-media product in response to an OCR set brief. They will have 30 hours to produce their product.
- GCSE grade 5 in English Language and English Literature - English Language GCSE and/or Mathematics GCSE, as an additional course(s) if you have not been successful in obtaining at least a grade 4 in each of these subjects respectively.
All assessment is completed at the end of the course and is by examination and coursework. Component One: Media Messages (examination 35%) Component Two: Evolving Media (examination 35%) Component Three: Making Media (coursework 30%)