Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680

Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Component 1

Exploring the Media

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Marks: 80
Weighting: 40% of the GCSE

From the Eduqas specification (opens in a new tab), Version 10, PDF page 13.

3 sections · 33 revision notes · 7 past papers

What’s on Component 1

2 The theoretical framework

Media language · Representation · Media industries · Audiences · Media contextsOn both papers12 notes

Media language

Component 1 past papers

June 2025 Component 1 (U10)
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June 2024 Component 1 (U10)
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Narrative and Propp's character types

Representation

Media industries

Audiences

Media contexts

Historical, social, cultural and political contexts

The theoretical framework overview

2.1 Component 1 Section A: the print set products

Magazine front covers · Film posters · Newspaper front pages · Print advertisements · Answering the Section A questions13 notes

2.1 Magazine front covers

2.1 Film posters

2.1 Newspaper front pages

2.1 Print advertisements

2.1 Answering the Section A questions

Component 1 Section A: the print set products overview

2.1 Component 1 Section B: industries and audiences

Newspapers: The Sun · Radio: Desert Island Discs · Film: No Time to Die · Video games: Fortnite · Answering the Section B questions8 notes

2.1 Newspapers: The Sun

2.1 Radio: Desert Island Discs

2.1 Film: No Time to Die

No Time to Die: the film industry

2.1 Video games: Fortnite

2.1 Answering the Section B questions

Component 1 Questions 3 and 4: industries and audiences

Component 1 Section B: industries and audiences overview

All Eduqas GCSE Media Studies past papers

The Sun, 22 March 2025 (2028 exams)