AQA GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide - Revised Edition

Acknowledgements 4 A note on QR codes 5 Introduction 6 The theoretical framework and analysis 16 Introduction to the theoretical framework 16 The contexts of the media 17 Analysing media products 18 Media Language 21 The construction of media products 21 Codes and conventions 23 Varieties of code: Technical codes 24 Varieties of code: Symbolic codes 44 Varieties of code: Verbal and non-verbal codes 46 Genre 47 Narrative theory 50 Technology and media products 54 Media Representations 58 Re-presenting the world: Truthfulness and realism 58 Choices within representation 63 Representation of reality 65 Representing people 67 Viewpoints, values and beliefs, and the signi cance of representations 72 Misrepresentation 77 Social, historical, political and cultural contexts 78 Audience interpretation 81 1 2 3 Media Industries 84 Ownership and Media Industries 1 84 Ownership and Media Industries 2 85 Convergence 87 Funding and commercial industries 1 89 Funding and commercial industries 2 92 Production processes, job roles and working practices 94 Regulation 97 Digital technologies and media regulation 99 Media Audiences 103 Audience theories and audience interpretations 1 103 Audience theories and audience interpretations 2 104 Audience theories and audience interpretations 3 106 Categorising audiences 108 Targeting a range of audiences 1 110 Targeting a range of audiences 2 111 Technologies and measuring audiences 114 Social, historical, political and cultural contexts 117 Audience’s media practices and audience responses 119 Analysis 122 Analysing unseen products 123 Analysing Close Study Products 128 Revising the CSPs 132 Targeted products: Media Language and Media Representations 132 Target products: Media Industries and Media Audiences 143 In-depth products: All four areas of the theoretical framework 161 Exam practice and techniques 190 Exam techniques and preparing for exams 190 Summary 199 Index 200 4 5 6 7 8 3 Contents Copyright: Sample material