Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680

Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Component 2

Understanding Media Forms and Products

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Marks: 60
Weighting: 30% of the GCSE

From the Eduqas specification (opens in a new tab), Version 10, PDF page 20.

3 sections · 34 revision notes · 7 past papers

What’s on Component 2

2 The theoretical framework

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

Media language

Component 2 past papers

June 2025 Component 2 (U20)
Question paper Mark scheme Insert 1 Insert 2

June 2024 Component 2 (U20)
Question paper Mark scheme

Narrative and Propp's character types

Representation

Media industries

Audiences

Media contexts

Historical, social, cultural and political contexts

The theoretical framework overview

2.2 Component 2 Section A: television

Crime drama · Sitcom · Answering the Section A questions10 notes

2.2 Crime drama

2.2 Sitcom

2.2 Answering the Section A questions

Component 2 Section A: television overview

2.2 Component 2 Section B: music

Lizzo or Taylor Swift · Stormzy or Justin Bieber · Music videos from the past · Answering the Section B questions12 notes

2.2 Lizzo or Taylor Swift

2.2 Stormzy or Justin Bieber

2.2 Music videos from the past

2.2 Answering the Section B questions

Component 2 Section B: music overview

All Eduqas GCSE Media Studies past papers

Modern Family: industries, audiences and contexts

Friends: the sitcom in the 1990s

Justin Bieber: website, social media and the music industry