Media Studies provide an opportunity to study the most influential and ubiquitous product of the 21st century. Media is everywhere and everyone should have a view about how it should operate, what it should or should not do, who owns it, and where we consume it. Media Studies is one of the fastest growing subjects at A Level. Study of the media industries provides students with an up-to-date understanding of the political and cultural agendas of news editors, film and television producers, and the advertising industry. Media Studies combines the disciplines of a traditional academic subject with more current approaches to learning. Component One: This unit introduces students to the knowledge, understanding, and skills required to analyze media products through the study of key areas of the theoretical framework - media language, representation audience & industry. Students will study a range of texts including music videos, video games, advertising, newspapers, and radio. Component Two: In this unit, students build on the knowledge and understanding developed in Component 1 by studying three media forms in depth, exploring all four areas of the theoretical framework: media language, representation, audiences and media industries. In this unit students currently study: • Television (Peaky Blinders & The Bridge) • Magazines (Woman’s Realm & Huck) • Online products Component Three: Students create an individual cross-media production in two different forms for an intended audience in response to a choice of briefs set by the exam board. The forms that students can work in include television, magazines, film marketing, music marketing, and online options. For example: produce a music video and promotional website for a new unsigned artist.