Media Studies is a creative, practical and theoretical course, in which you will explore a wide range of media texts, audiences and media institutions. The course aims to enhance your enjoyment and appreciation of the media and its role in your everyday life. It also aims to develop your critical understanding of the media through engagement with a wide range of broadcast, print and E-Media texts. You will also have the opportunity to create your production pieces as part of your coursework. This course offers great opportunities for educational visits such as the Bradford Media Museum and Media City. During the A-Level Media Studies course, you will learn through Class discussions, group work, practical sessions, lecture-style sessions and educational trips. The Eduqas specification offers learners the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of key issues, using a comprehensive theoretical framework and a variety of advanced theoretical approaches and theories to support critical exploration and reflection, analysis and debate. The study of a wide range of rich and stimulating media products is central to the specification, offering opportunities for detailed analysis of how the media communicate meanings in a variety of forms. Learners will work from the product outwards to debate key critical questions related to the social, cultural, political and economic role of the media. By studying media products holistically about all areas of the theoretical framework, learners will engage with the dynamic relationships between media products, media industries and audiences. Learners will also consider established media forms alongside more contemporary forms, developing an awareness of emerging and evolving media. Both component 1 and 2 assesses media language, representation, media industries, audiences and media contexts. Component 1: Media products, Industries and Audiences Section A: Analysing Media, Language and Representation This section assesses media language and representation about two of the following media forms: advertising, marketing, music videos or newspapers. Section B: Understanding Media Industries and Audiences This section assesses two of the following media forms: advertising, marketing, film, newspapers, radio, video games and media contexts. Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth Section A: Television in the Global Age Section B: Magazines: Mainstream and Alternative Media Section C: Media in the Online Age Component 3: Cross-Media Production (Coursework) An individual cross-media production based on two forms (Magazine, Advertising, Television, Music Video, Radio) in response to a choice of briefs set by Eduqas, applying knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework and digital convergence.