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AQA GCSE Media Studies
The theoretical framework
AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572 · 3
The theoretical framework
Both papers · 15 notes
The four areas every exam question draws on (media language, media representations, media industries and media audiences) and the contexts of the media, taught once and then applied to the Close Study Products.
Media language
Signs, communication and modes of address
Technical, print, symbolic and verbal codes
Genre, intertextuality and technology
Narrative and Propp's character types
Media representations
Re-presentation and reality
Stereotypes and misrepresentation
Gender and feminist approaches
Viewpoints, significance and audience interpretation
Media industries
Ownership, production and convergence
Funding and global media industries
Regulation and digital technologies
Media audiences
Targeting and categorising audiences
Active and passive audiences, interpretation and response
Uses and Gratifications, identity and fandom
Contexts of the media
Social, cultural, historical and political contexts
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