Media Studies*​​​​​​​

Are you a Youtuber in the making, the next Louis Theroux or someone who just loves the media? Have you ever felt like you’ve ‘completed Netflix’? Do you find yourself chatting about the latest blockbuster film, TV series or newest game release? Are you just a social media scroller with lots of opinions? 

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, then Media Studies is for you. 

Media Studies is the study of all things Media – from TV and Film to Video Games, Podcasts, Magazines, Newspapers and more. We look at what makes things successful, why groups are represented differently in the media and how audiences help shape the media. You’ll get to grips with how Media Language is used to communicate meanings, how the media represent events, issues, individuals and social groups, how the media industries’ processes of production, distribution and circulation affect media forms and platforms and how media forms target, reach and address audiences. 

You’ll study a series of ‘set texts’ (like the books you studied in English but this time they’ll be music videos, TV episodes, film franchises etc) and will become experts in analysing those texts. 

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Year 12

• TV in the global age - Black Mirror
• Online media - KSI
• Magazines - Vogue
• Industries and Audiences - Black Panther
• Newspapers - The Mirror and The Times
• The video game industry - Assassins Creed Franchise
• Podcasting and radio - Have You Heard George’s Podcast?
• Music video - Beyonce’s Formation
• Advertising and marketing - Tide and Kiss of the Vampire

Year 13

• TV in the global age - Les Revenants
• Online media - Attitude
• Magazines - The Big Issue
• Industries and Audiences - I, Daniel Blake
• Newspapers - In depth study
• Music video - Riptide

The versatility of Media Studies means the subject can lead to careers in Film/Television production, Journalism, Advertising and Marketing, Fashion/ Art Photography, Psychology, Sociology, and Cultural studies.

It's also a very creative subject with a piece of coursework in Year 12 where you are given the task of creating your very own music video. You will plan it, storyboard it, film it and edit it yourself.

Please note that this is a subject that requires you to produce a series of analysis based essays.