Close Study Product

A media product selected by AQA for detailed study and application of the theoretical framework.

A Close Study Product, or CSP, is a media product selected by AQA for detailed study. Knowing it well means remembering precise details and understanding how those details communicate meaning. It does not mean preparing one description to reproduce whatever the question asks.

A media product prescribed by AQA for detailed study and application in examination answers.

Use the Close Study Products prescribed for your examination year. Older questions remain useful practice, but their product choices are not necessarily current.

Use the Close Study Products named in the question. Two products are not a universal requirement: the 2024 question named only Lara Croft Go.

Use Close Study Products as evidence, not just names. Explain what a specific feature or industry fact demonstrates.

A media product selected by AQA for detailed study and use as a case study in assessment.

A media product selected by AQA for detailed study and application of the media studies theoretical framework.

A prescribed media product studied closely as evidence for applying the theoretical framework and understanding media contexts.

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