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AQA Syllabus


AQA AS Media Studies

Module 1: Reading the media Ch 1: Interpreting Media Texts
Ch 1: Case study: Ways of Interpreting
Ch 2: Narratives
Ch 3: Genres
Ch 4: Institutions
Ch 5: Questions of Representation
Ch 6: Ideologies and Power
Ch 8: Audiences
Media Representations
Media Institutions
Media Language (including Narrative and Genre)
Media Values and Ideology
Media Audiences
AS Module 2: Textual Topics in Contemporary Media Ch 13: Case study: Contemporary British Cinema
Ch 14: Documentary and 'Reality TV'
Ch 9: Advertising and Branding
Ch 6: Case study: News
Ch 13: Distribution
Film and Broadcast Fiction
Documentary
Advertising and Marketing
British Newspapers
AS Module 3: Practical Production
AS Modules 1 and 2
Ch 11 Production organisation
Ch 12 Production techniques

AQA A2 Media Studies

A2 Module 4: Texts and Contexts in the Media Ch 6: Case study: News
Ch 13 Distribution
Ch 5: Questions of Representation
Ch 6: Ideologies and Power
Ch 3: Genres
Ch 3: Case study: J-Horror and the 'Ring cycle'
Ch 8: Audiences
The Production and
Manufacture of News
Representations
Genre
Media Audiences
A2 Module 5: Independent Study Ch 10: Research
Chapters 1-8 are relevant here, as are others depending on the area chosen
A2 Module 6: Comparative Critical Analysis Chapters 1-8 are relevant to this module, as are other chapters depending upon the approach taken
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