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AQA GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide - Revised Edition
AQA GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide - Revised Edition
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The AQA GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification. This accessible and engaging resource will support students throughout their revision for the GCSE Media Studies assessments.

┒Coverage of the new close study products for assessment from 2023 onwards, including:
Black Widow (film - media industries)
How You Like That by Blackpink (music video - media industries and media audiences)
KISS Breakfast (radio - media industries and audiences)
His Dark Materials: The City of Magpies (television programme - all four areas of the theoretical framework)

┒The social media and online output of Marcus Rashford (online, social and participatory media - all four areas of the theoretical framework)

┒The new magazine and newspaper editions for assessment in 2023

- Updated information on media contexts to reflect recent developments in culture and society.
- Up-to-date statistics and information about media industries and audiences.
What have we retained?
- Highly visual and engaging design.
- Detailed coverage of all areas of the specification, supported by highly illustrated examples.
- Exploration of each area of the theoretical framework of Media Studies, applied to a range of media forms and products.
- A dedicated chapter on analysis covering the skills required to analyse both previously unseen products and the close study products.
- Exam guidance chapter to support students with their preparation and techniques for each of the two question papers.
- A variety of knowledge check tasks and short questions to help students' retrieval practice.

Language
English
ISBN
9781913963668
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
A note on QR codes
Introduction
1 The theoretical framework and analysis
Introduction to the theoretical framework
The contexts of the media
Analysing media products
2 Media Language
The construction of media products
Codes and conventions
Varieties of code: Technical codes
Varieties of code: Symbolic codes
Varieties of code: Verbal and non-verbal codes
Genre
Narrative theory
Technology and media products
3 Media Representations
Re-presenting the world: Truthfulness and realism
Choices within representation
Representation of reality
Representing people
Viewpoints, values and beliefs, and the signifi cance of representations
Misrepresentation
Social, historical, political and cultural contexts
Audience interpretation
4 Media Industries
Ownership and Media Industries 1
Ownership and Media Industries 2
Convergence
Funding and commercial industries 1
Funding and commercial industries 2
Production processes, job roles and working practices
Regulation
Digital technologies and media regulation
5 Media Audiences
Audience theories and audience interpretations 1
Audience theories and audience interpretations 2
Audience theories and audience interpretations 3
Categorising audiences
Targeting a range of audiences 1
Targeting a range of audiences 2
Technologies and measuring audiences
Social, historical, political and cultural contexts
Audience’s media practices and audience responses
6 Analysis
Analysing unseen products
Analysing Close Study Products
7 Revising the CSPs
Targeted products: Media Language and Media Representations
Target products: Media Industries and Media Audiences
In-depth products: All four areas of the theoretical framework
8 Exam practice and techniques
Exam techniques and preparing for exams
Summary
Index
Backcover
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