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Eduqas GCSE Media Studies
The theoretical framework
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680 · 2
The theoretical framework
Both papers · 12 notes
The four areas every exam question draws on (media language, representation, media industries and audiences) and the contexts of media, taught once and then applied to the set products.
Media language
Signs, codes and conventions
Genre and intertextuality
Narrative and Propp's character types
Representation
Re-presentation: selection, construction and mediation
Stereotypes and misrepresentation
Gender, ethnicity, age, issues and events
Media industries
Ownership, production and convergence
Funding and regulation
Audiences
Targeting and categorising audiences
How audiences respond to and interpret the media
Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory
Media contexts
Historical, social, cultural and political contexts
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