A-Level Media Studies is an exciting and academically rigorous course that combines theoretical and practical study. You will learn about media language, representation, audience and institutions, through the set materials you explore and the artefacts that you create. You will examine the global nature of the media and discover how media industries, politics, culture and society interact, as well as learning about a very wide range of media products, from video games to radio broadcasts, from newspapers to social media, from Hollywood movies to reality TV. During the course, you will study theories and critical perspectives such as: Roland Barthes on semiotics; Stuart Hall on representation and reception theory; David Gauntlett on identity; George Gerbner on cultivation; Todorov on narratology; Lévi-Strauss on structuralism; Baudrillard on postmodernism; ‘bell hooks’ and van Zoonen on gender; Neale on genre; Bandura on media effects.
An assessment day is held at Queenswood in the November prior to entry. Applicants are required to sit entrance examinations in the subjects that they plan to study at A-level. We do not stipulate particular GCSE requirements, although Queenswood Sixth Formers will typically have achieved at least six Grade 6 results at GCSE, with Grades 7–9 in the subjects to be studied at A-level.
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
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| Gender Type | Girls |
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| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Shepherd's Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 6NS |
A-Level Media Studies is an exciting and academically rigorous course that combines theoretical and practical study. You will learn about media language, representation, audience and institutions, through the set materials you explore and the artefacts that you create. You will examine the global nature of the media and discover how media industries, politics, culture and society interact, as well as learning about a very wide range of media products, from video games to radio broadcasts, from newspapers to social media, from Hollywood movies to reality TV. During the course, you will study theories and critical perspectives such as: Roland Barthes on semiotics; Stuart Hall on representation and reception theory; David Gauntlett on identity; George Gerbner on cultivation; Todorov on narratology; Lévi-Strauss on structuralism; Baudrillard on postmodernism; ‘bell hooks’ and van Zoonen on gender; Neale on genre; Bandura on media effects.
An assessment day is held at Queenswood in the November prior to entry. Applicants are required to sit entrance examinations in the subjects that they plan to study at A-level. We do not stipulate particular GCSE requirements, although Queenswood Sixth Formers will typically have achieved at least six Grade 6 results at GCSE, with Grades 7–9 in the subjects to be studied at A-level.