GCSE Media Studies
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Introduction
GCSE Media Studies provides students the opportunity to engage all aspects of the media, including important theories of representation and audience. You will also be required to apply your knowledge of these frameworks through the creation of your own media products.
On this page, you can access the GCSE specification, past papers and mark schemes.
Summary of Assessment
There are two examination papers and a coursework brief to complete.
This written exam lasts for 1 hour 30 minutes. There are a range of questions relating to an unseen source and the Close Study Products. One extended response question is worth 20 marks.
Section A will focus on Media Language and Media Representations. Questions in this section can test any two of the following forms:
- advertising and marketing
- online, social and participatory media and video games.
Section B will focus on Media Industries and Media Audiences. Questions in this section can test any two of the following forms:
- music video
- online, social and participatory media and video games
- film (industries only).
This 1 hour 30 minutes written exam contains short, medium and extended response questions assessing depth of knowledge and understanding of the course.
Section A will be based on a screening from an extract of one of the television Close Study Products and can test any area of the theoretical framework.
Section B will be based on either newspapers or online, social and participatory media and video games and can test any area of the framework.
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Non-exam assessment (nea).
You have the choice of one of five annually changing briefs, set by AQA. You are being assessed on your application of knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework.
You need to produce a statement of intent and a media product for an intended audience.
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Assessment Objectives
The exams and non-exam assessment will measure how you meet the following assessment objectives.
AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the theoretical framework of media
- contexts of media and their influence on media products and processes.
AO2: Analyse media products using the theoretical framework of media, including in relation to their contexts, to make judgments and draw conclusions.
AO3: Create media products for an intended audience, by applying knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework of media to communicate meaning.
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The Eduqas media studies GCSE course offers learners the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of these key issues and the ability to debate important questions about the media. It introduces them to a theoretical framework for analysing the media, which also underpins study of the media at AS and A level.
Although the specification focuses predominantly on the contemporary media, this is contextualised and enhanced through the exploration of significant products from different historical periods. Through studying both established and evolving media forms, learners will gain a real awareness of the role of the media in society and culture. The study of a range of rich and stimulating media products is central to this specification, working from the product outwards to develop appreciation and understanding of the media. Learners will draw on their existing experience of the media but will also extend their appreciation and critical understanding through the study of products with which they may be less familiar, including products for different audiences. Choice is an important part of the specification, enabling teachers to select the most appropriate, relevant and engaging products for study for their learners in Component 2.
This specification also recognises the fundamental relationship between theoretical understanding and practical work, providing learners with exciting opportunities to develop media production skills. Learners will apply and develop their knowledge and understanding of media language and representation in relation to media forms and products and become creators of meaning themselves. Learners will be offered a choice of briefs and forms within which to work, enabling them to explore and pursue their own media interests.
The Eduqas GCSE in Media Studies offers a broad, coherent and engaging course of study which enables learners to:
- Demonstrate skills of enquiry, critical thinking, decision-making and analysis
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of a range of important media issues
- Develop appreciation and critical understanding of the media and their role both historically and currently in society, culture and politics
- Understand and apply specialist subject-specific terminology to analyse and compare media products and the contexts in which they are produced and consumed in order to make informed arguments, reach substantiated judgements and draw conclusions about media issues
- Appreciate how theoretical understanding supports practice and practice supports theoretical understanding
- Develop practical skills by providing opportunities for creative media production.
There are no previous learning requirements for this specification. Any requirements set for entry to a course based on this specification are at the school/college’s discretion. This specification builds on subject content which is typically taught at key stage 3 and provides a suitable foundation for the study of A level media studies .
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GCSE; What is Representation? Introduction. In media studies, representation is the way aspects of society, such as gender, age or ethnicity, are presented to audiences.
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Guidance notes. How representations (including self-representations) convey particular viewpoints, messages, values and beliefs, which may be reinforced across a wide range of media products. Role of individuals as producers (as well as consumers) of media messages in which the self is represented. Contrast between dominant representations and ...
GCSE Media - Representation KEY TERMINOLOGY: Representation: the way in which people, issues and events are depicted in media products. Mediation: how media producers represent (rather than just present) the world to audiences. Reality: 'real life', actual events, facts and truth - how aspects of reality and versions of reality are constructed.
Subject content. GCSE Media Studies engages students in the in depth study of media products in relation to the four areas of the theoretical framework: media language. media representation. media industries. media audiences. Students are required to study media products from all of the following media forms: television. film.
online, social and participatory media and video games. film (industries only). How it's assessed. Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes. 84 marks. 35% of GCSE. Questions. A range of questions relating to an unseen source and Close Study Products. An extended response question (20 marks).
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All of the key concepts in GCSE Media Studies - Media Language, Genre, Representation, Audience and Institutions - are linked and interact with each other to produce meaning. Whilst representation is focused on specifically and tested in Unit B321 and Units B322/323, students need to consider the concept in all areas of the
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The Eduqas GCSE in Media Studies offers a broad, coherent and engaging course of study which enables learners to: Demonstrate skills of enquiry, critical thinking, decision-making and analysis. Acquire knowledge and understanding of a range of important media issues. Develop appreciation and critical understanding of the media and their role ...
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The Exam. Section A of this exam is focused on media language and representation. This means that you will need to write about how images have been constructed, and how people/places/issues have been represented. Here is what the exam board says: media language: how the media through their forms, codes and conventions communicate meanings.
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