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What is Media Studies? »
Categories: Topics, Getting Started, Key Concepts, Audience, Genre, Ideology, Institutions, Media Language, Narrative, Representation & Stereotyping, Theory
Media Studies isn’t easy to describe. It’s a living concept that continues to change just as technology and our experience with technology change. The purpose of Media Studies is to provide audiences with access to information no matter how it is experienced and allow people to adopt diverse critical positions.
Media Studies is desirable because its curriculum is inclusive; it recognises that the form of...
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Index Summaries »
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A Level
The 2009 and onwards two part AS level, and two...
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Training & Revision Courses »
Categories: Courses, A Level, GCSE, Staffroom, Training & Revision, Hot Entries, Topics, Popular Press
Aidem Media / MediaEdu Training & Revision Sessions
We’ve recently agreed to work with Aidem Media, an excellent training provider for GCSE and A Level Media Studies. Chris Bruce, the director at Aidem Media is also a Senior Examiner, AST and Head of Department. Chris is willing to arrange INSET / CPD sessions for staff and deliver revision sessions for students.
Our first session is likely to be a...
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What Can I Access As A Student? »
Categories: Student Zone, Access Information
- All entries in the Topics area (see navigation menu in the sidebar on the left).
- Skills
- Quizzes
- Glossary
- Ardnox High (our online comic strip)
- Careers Information
- Students’ Work
- Useful Links
- YouTube Playlist (YouTube is often blocked by school servers. However, students should be able to access this invaluable resource as part of their homework.)
- Gallery Images
Students do not have access to the ‘Courses’...
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Understanding Genre »
Categories: Topics, Key Concepts, Genre
Genre is a French word that means type or kind. Most students will be aware of genre as a way of putting films, television programmes and other media texts into groups that have things in common, such as the story, or the ‘look’ of a film, or the characters, the settings and even the way the characters dress.
Genre, especially in film, is a key concept because it is more complex than just a way of...
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WJEC AS MS1 Scheme »
Categories: Courses, A Level, WJEC A Level, WJEC AS
A Suggested Scheme of Work
This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way into the new specification. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.
TERM 1: Sept-Dec [15 weeks approx]
This is not in any way prescriptive, but offers some suggestions for a possible scheme of work over one term, and aiming towards the 2 ½ hour...
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AQA AS MEST1 Scheme »
Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA AS
AS MEST1 - Term 1
A Suggested Scheme of Work
This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way in. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.
This is what the spec says:
Unit 1 – MEST1 Investigating Media
The basics are : It is 50% of AS, 25% of A Level.
There is a 2 hour written
examination worth 80 marks.
Two...
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Studying and Creating TV Quiz Shows
[13 to 15 week Term]
A Suggested Scheme of Work
This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way in. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.
Set Up
This scheme assumes some sort of television studio facility but it can be adapted to most situations.
TV quiz shows are always set up...
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