Lead(s): Mr Patel & Mr Sutcliffe

Email: bpatel63.310@parkhighstanmore.org.uk

csutcliffe10.310@parkhighstanmore.org.uk

Subject overview

A Level Media Studies will give you an excellent understanding of how the creative industries (the fastest growing part of the UK economy) operate. This includes questions of ownership, means of production and distribution, regulation as well as targeting and reaching national and global audiences. You will develop a deep understanding of how media texts are encoded with meanings and messages by their producers, and how audiences receive and respond to these messages according to their situated contexts. The study of theoretical perspectives will focus your analysis on ways in which social groups, issues and events are portrayed, and the ideological effects of these representations. You will learn about both the disruptive and innovate impact of digital technologies on a range of media industries. At the same time, you will learn some practical skills in photography, video production and editing, culminating in an audio-visual cross-media production.

“Studying Media has forced me to look again at the ways we are constantly bombarded with messages without realising it. It helps me understand how and why some ideologies become common sense and how we need to question and challenge them. I now realise that the creative industries have a powerful influence on society.” - Student

Exam Board: WJEC Eduqas

Course Specification: 603/1149/6

Qualification obtained: WJEC Eduqas GCE A Level in Media Studies

Entry requirements:

Students must achieve at least six 9-4 grades including English Language and Mathematics at GCSE.

If studied Grade 5 in Media