Skills
Exam Papers - You will learn how to look at a media product and analyse the choices that have been made and how this influences people and society.
Controlled Assessment - You will learn how to take photos and use photoshop to create your own media product. Pupils need to be able to write structured arguments, and form their own opinions.
Knowledge
Paper 1 40% of the total marks
Paper 2 30% of the total marks
Controlled Assessment 30% of the total marks
Media Studies teaches pupils to be critical thinkers of the products that surround them everyday. Instead of passively accepting products that are presented to them, the course allows pupils to challenge the way groups of people are represented in the media.
Please contact: S.Fletcher on info@oakwood.ac
“It’s good because it has coursework as well so it takes the pressure off of the exam”
Current Y11
“It teaches you to think about what is happening around you and not just accept it, but think about why it is done and how it
changes people”
Current Y11