GCSE Media Course Overview

GCSE Media Studies Course Overview

Component 1

Section A

· Newspapers

· Magazines

· Advertising and Marketing

Section B

· Newspapers

· Radio

· Video Games

· Film Industry

Component 2

Section A

· TV Sitcom

Section B

· Music Videos and Online Media

3

PRACTICAL COURSEWORK

· Researching

· Planning

· Production

Core Concepts

Media Language: how the media through their forms, codes and conventions communicate meanings

Representation: how the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups

Media Industries: how the media industries' processes of production, distribution and circulation affect media forms and platforms

Audiences: how media forms target, reach and address audiences, how audiences interpret and respond to them, and how members of audiences become producers themselves.

Contexts of Media

Historical Context

· How the product reflects the time in which it was made through its use of media language, genre conventions, representations, themes, values, messages and viewpoints

· How the product reflects the time in which it was made through aspects of its production, distribution, marketing, regulation, circulation and audience consumption

Social and Cultural Context

· How the product reflects the society and culture in which it was made through its representations, themes, values, messages and viewpoints

· How the product is shaped or informed by particular cultural influences, such as genres, styles, technologies and the work of other media producers

· How the product reflects the society and culture in which it was made through aspects of its production, distribution, marketing, regulation, circulation and audience consumption

· How audience responses to and interpretations of media products may change over time

Political Context

· How the product reflects the political contexts in which it was made through its representations, themes, values, messages and viewpoints

· How the product reflects the political contexts in which it was made through aspects of its ownership and political viewpoint, production, distribution, marketing, regulation, circulation and audience consumption.