Media Studies

A Level / 2 year Course / Eduqas

Media Studies is an exciting and challenging subject which encourages students to critically engage with a broad range of historical and contemporary media products. Students who are best suited to the Media Studies A Level will not just be avid TV, magazine and news consumers, but will also want to analyse those products and their effects in detail.

More on this course

Media Products, Industries and Audiences: Requires students to study media products within the following areas: music video and video games, advertising, newspapers and radio news/current affairs programmes. Students will analyse how representations of social groups are constructed, as well as how representations are influenced by historical and industry contexts. Students also explore how the media industry is organised and the production process used to manufacture products.

Media Forms and Products In Depth: Learners study three media products in depth, exploring their use of media language, the representations they create, the industries who create the products and the uses audiences make of those texts. This unit focuses on online media, television drama, and the magazine industry.

Cross-Media Production: This unit requires students to develop a new magazine, producing both print and web-based pages in line with a brief set by the exam board.

Teaching and learning methods

The course is taught by specialist and highly experienced media teachers. A great deal of learning time will be spent analysing media products both individually and within groups, while independent planning, research and production skills will be engaged during course work production.

Assessment

Component 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences (exam based – 35%)

Component 2: Media Forms and Products In Depth (exam based – 35%)

Component 3: Cross-Media Production (non-exam assessment – 30%)

Skills and Careers Insight

A Level Media Studies equips you with critical thinking, creativity, and strong communication skills as you explore how media shapes society. You'll analyse films, TV shows, advertising, digital media, and social platforms, while developing practical skills in media production, editing, and storytelling. These skills open doors to careers in journalism, film production, advertising, public relations, social media management, and content creation. Whether you want to be a filmmaker, media strategist, or digital marketer, A Level Media Studies provides a solid foundation for a dynamic career in the ever-evolving media industry.

Subject Combination

Media studies works well with a wide range of subjects, but will combine particularly well with English language and literature, film studies, BTEC CDMP (TV studio and film), history and sociology.

Film Studies

English Language

TV and Film

History

Sociology

Photography

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