KS5 - Media

A Level (AQA)

The following four points make up the theoretical framework for Media Studies. 

Media language

Students will learn about the different modes and languages associated with Media across a variety of platforms. 

Media representation

In this section of the course, students will learn about the ways in which events, issues, individuals and social groups are represented.

Media industries

Students will study the different processes of production, distribution and circulation by organisation, groups and individuals in a global context.

Media audiences

This strand of the framework allows students to study how audiences are grouped and categorised by media industries, by various different factors such as age, class and lifestyle.

 

Set Products are a bank of resources from a range of different Media platforms and different contents that students will study throughout the course in preparation for the written exam.
These are set by Eduqas.
Each product will be analysed using the theoretical framework above. 

 

COURSEWORK 30%

Students will produce a statement of intent and cross-media products made for an intended audience.
A choice of topics will be released by Eduqas before the start of the course and the students will choose from a range of briefs set by the exam board. The Media forms that students can opt for are, Television, Film, Music and Magazines.

2 WRITTEN EXAMS 70%

Media 1- 2 hours 15 min

This exam focusses on all four frameworks of Media Studies with testing across: advertising, marketing, film, radio, music video, video games or newspapers. You will be required to analyse an unseen audio-visual/print resource and write an extended response comparing the context and representations in this product to one of your set products. There will be one stepped question on industry and one on audiences in Section B.

Media 2- 2 hours 30 min

This exam  will focus on the in-depth media forms of television, magazines and online, Media in the Online Age. 

There will be one two-part question or one extended response question for each media form.

 

 

a level media detailed course breakdown.pdf