Media

Please note:
This subject is offered in mixed classes jointly with Ermysted’s Grammar School.  

Is this course for me?

The media is everywhere around us and it shapes our world, and our perspectives! Studies suggest the average adult in the UK consumes up to 8 hours a day of media content. If you want to join one of the fastest-growing A-Level subjects in the UK to understand the way the media works, how it constructs representations of people, places and ideas, and how we respond to those constructions, this course is for you. You’ll gain technical skills through your NEA as well as skills of analysis and writing clear focused ideas.

Opportunities

Over a hundred UK universities offer media-related courses, and this A-Level helps progression into subjects including English, History, Humanities and Social Sciences. There are a staggering number of career choices; the media industry is worth £76 billion and the video game sector is currently valued at half the UK’s whole entertainment industry. Careers include content production, journalism, advertising and marketing, and digital media – whether you want to work for a huge international corporation or a dynamic start-up, there’s somewhere you can go with Media.

Qualification Structure

You will study a full range of media including in-depth studies of several genres. You’ll explore media language and the way the media constructs representations of different groups, people and ideologies. You’ll study the way that the media industries work in relation to different genres, and the way that audiences engage with the media.

Examinations

(2 papers of 2 hours each, worth 35% each)

Non-examined assessment (30%):

Creating a cross-media project in response to a set brief