Media Studies

 

Award:  A Level                    Exam board                      Level      3
 

 

Outline of the course - Click here for the full course outline


This outline is based on the OCR exam board course. All the exam boards
have to cover skills and knowledge that are essential to the subject.

 This course enables candidates to develop a critical awareness and understanding of the media and its role in building and moulding society and its attitudes through the exploration of the products of media production processes (media texts), the institutions which produce them and the audiences which respond to them. At AS, candidates engage in the construction, deconstruction and critical analysis of a range of media texts and in the study of texts in relation to media institutions and media audiences. At A level, candidates have the opportunity to extend their knowledge within the conceptual framework through an independent research project and engagement with a range of contemporary media issues and debates.

A distinctive feature of the course is the practical production element at both AS and Advanced GCE. This enables candidates to put theory into practice by creating their own media products, thus affording opportunities for engagement in creative, imaginative and aesthetic activity.